| Deposit ID | 10089286 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015562 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peterson Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.64615, 44.56296 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2256 |
| Relative position | 5.5 MILES SOUTHWEST FROM LIMA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gallagher Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Red Rock(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)
Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 014S;015S | 009W;009W | 36;01 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gypsum-Anhydrite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gypsum | Ore |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Big Snowy Grp., Red & Black Sh. & Drk Gry Ls | ||||
| Rock description | Big Snowy Grp., Red & Black Sh. & Drk Gry Ls | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.64615, 44.56296 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast Strike Of Folds And Rock Units |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Fault Displaced Gypsums Beds, Two Ne Folds Complicate The Geologic Interpretation |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 DEG E |
| Dip | 80 DEG NW |
| Plunge | 65 DEG |
| Plunge direction | S 45 DEG W |
| Length | 320.04M |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 106.68M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1908 |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| District name | Southern Tendoy Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | T. Sloan And C. Wright |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lanora And James R. Peterson |
| Year | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | GYP | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Samples Analyzed From 89 To 99 Percent Gypsum | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | GYP | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Samples Analyzed From 89 To 99 Percent Gypsum | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | GYP | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Samples Analyzed From 89 To 99 Percent Gypsum | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | GYP | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Samples Analyzed From 89 To 99 Percent Gypsum | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | GYP | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Samples Analyzed From 89 To 99 Percent Gypsum | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1967 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1940 - 1967 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | GYP | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^89 To 97 Percent Gypsum Production Of Portland Used For Cement And Shipped To Idaho Portland Cement Co. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1967 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 226000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.065HA |
| Length | 146.3M |
| Overall depth | 85.34M |
| Overall length | 85.34M |
| Overall width | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015562 |
JOHNS, W. M., 1967, REPORT ON THE PETERSON, MCCARTHY AND TALENT GYPSUM PROPERTIES, BEAVERHEAD CO., MT.: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. UNPUB. REPORT 21 P. AND MAPS
PERRY, E. S., 1949, GYPSUM, LIME, AND LIMESTONE IN MONTANA: MONT. BR. MINES AND GEOL. MEM. 29, 45 P.
JOHNS, W.M., 1967, REPORT ON THE PETERSON, MCCARTHY, AND TALENT GYPSUM PROPERTIES, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 21 P. AND MAPS.
1949 RECON MBMG, MEMOIR 29
1967 GEOLMAP MBMG, UNPUB. REPORT
1967 OTHER MBMG, UNPUB. REPORT
JOHNS, W. M., 1967, GYPSUM PROPERTIES, BEAVERHEAD CO., MONT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PLUNGE AND PLUNGE DIRECTION ARE APPROXIMATE AND WERE RECORDED AT THE PORTAL OF ADIT 7323 DRIVEN NORTHEASTERLY ON BED A |
| Deposit | THE TWO PERIODS OF DIVERSE FOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT FAULTING OF GYPSUM DEPOSITS MAKE THE GEOLOGY OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA QUITE COMPLEX |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Johns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |
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