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Kenelty Barite Deposit

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078285
MRDS ID W026543
Record type Site
Current site name Kenelty Barite Deposit
Related records 10245518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.19629, 48.05599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Relative position 40 MILES SOUTHWEST FROM KALISPELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loon Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Libby(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fisher(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 027N 028W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION AND ALTITUDE APPROXIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARITE IS WHITE AND MASSIVE CONTAINING MINOR QUARTZ, SERICITE AND HEMATITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.19629, 48.05599
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thompson Lakes Fault In Area

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR - TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 182.88M
    Width 5.49M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Within Missoula Group

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer Gerald Kenelty Of Libby, Montana
Year of first production 1962

Mining district

District name (Unorganized)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gerald Kenelty - Libby, Montana
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co. - Now Arcosubsid.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.028HA
    Overall length 53.34M
    Overall width 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE ALSO THREE TRENCHES IN THE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M. 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 79 P 149 - 151

  • Production

    JOHNS, W. N., 1970 , GEOL. AND ORE DEP. LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD CO. MONT. BUR MINES & GEOL BULL. 79 P. 149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SECOND VEIN, APPROXIMATELY 2.5 - 3.0 FEET WIDE, STRIKES N 30 DEG E AND IS ALSO VERTICAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

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