Corral Gulchmine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078281
MRDS ID W026537
Record type Site
Current site name Corral Gulchmine
Alternate or previous names Leu Mine
Related records 10269958

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12921, 46.46657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 004W 05 SW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • HIGH ON N SIDE OF ROAD, 0.5 KM PAST NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 99.65% S102

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12921, 46.46657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE - LIKE BODY
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 114.3M
    Width 54.86M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. F. Williams, Pullman, Wa.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anderson, A.
    Home office Clancy, Mt.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1972 ESTIMATE BY ANONYMOUS 1966 ESTIMATE BY CHELINI

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME SAMPLING FOR ANALYSIS, ONLY WORK DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 54, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1972 , SILICA ROCK DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: RAW MATERIALS RESEARCH SECTION INDUSTRIAL AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., ST. PAUL, MINN. REPORT NO. 3 P. 66 - 68

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 86-7.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT DESCRIBED AS A NEAR - VERTICAL QUARTZ BODY INTRUDING QUARTZ MONZONITE OF THE BOULDER BATHOLITH
Deposit MEASURED RESERVES - APPROXIMATELY 275,000 TONS ACTUAL MINEABLE TONNAGE LESS DUE TO FELDSPAR STRINGERS AND INCLUSIONS (ACCORDING TO CHELINI) 99.65 PERCENT SIO2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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