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Jack Creek Ridge Dumo. Occurrence

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Kyanite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069792
MRDS ID W007479
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Creek Ridge Dumo. Occurrence
Related records 10148354

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31756, 46.36657 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES TAKEN FOR BENEFICIATION TESTS, BUT NO SUCCESS IN SEPARATING THE DUMORTIERITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dumortierite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31756, 46.36657
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • DUMORTIERITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ LATITIC WELDED TUFF IN BRECCIATED ROCK AND AS FINE DISSEMINATIONS IN 2 LAYERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jack Creek Ridge Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRESS NOTICE, FEB. 8, 1955

  • Deposit

    RUPPEL, E. T., WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, JAN. 8, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REGIONAL GEOLOGY STUDIED BY RUPPEL ET AL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

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