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Six Bits Lode

Prospect in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodity Asbestos
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022849
MRDS ID FS00346
Record type Site
Current site name Six Bits Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.18416, 45.35685 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 3/4 MILE NW OF KARST POWER PLANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hidden Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallatin(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 004E 36 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE ASBESTOS (ANTHOPHYLLITE) WAS FOUND IN LARGE BUT LIMITED QUANTITIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.18416, 45.35685
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ROCK IS EXTREMELY OLD AND SUSPECTED TO BE PART OF THE BASEMENT COMPLEX. PRESENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE AMPHIBOLES AND SERPENTENITE SUGGEST DEEP BURIAL FOR A CONSIDERABLE LENGTH OF TIME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer P. F. Karst & E. J. Durnam

Mining district

District name West Gallatin

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. F. Karst And E. J. Durnam

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 5.49M
    Overall width 1.37M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT EXPOSES A WALL OF ASBESTOS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1927 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

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