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Vananda Deposit

Producer in Treasure county in Montana, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070457
MRDS ID W013400
Record type Site
Current site name Vananda Deposit
Alternate or previous names Hallett Minerals Pit
Related records 10197818

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.0946, 46.38715 (WGS84)
Elevation 824
Relative position 40 KM NORTHWEST FROM FORSYTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Treasure(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vananda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hysham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Forsyth(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yellowstone-Sunday(hydrologic unit)

Lower Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Treasure
United States Montana Rosebud

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N;008N 037E;037E 02,03,04,12;32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MINING IS FROM SEVERAL PITS WITHIN A LARGE AREA, THUS APPROXIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Volcanic Ash To Smectite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Bearpaw Shale
    Rock description Bearpaw Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.0946, 46.38715
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dip Generally Less Than 5 Deg.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults Of Small Displacement

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1967

Mining district

District name Vananda District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hallett Minerals Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER BED IS 1.1 M THICK AND LOWER BED IS 1.2 M THICK. APPROXIMATELY 3 M OF SHALE BETWEEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERG, R. B., 1970, BENTONITE DEPOSITS IN THE INGOMAR - VANANDA AREA, TREASURE AND ROSEBUD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPEC. PUB. 51, 5 P

  • Deposit

    1969 GEOLMAP MBMG SP. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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