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Lahey Quartz Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089451
MRDS ID W026539
Record type Site
Current site name Lahey Quartz Deposit
Related records 10196419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06977, 46.41934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3 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

Jefferson City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 004W 26,23 NE (26) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 4.6 KM NW OF JEFFERSON CITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Analytical data

Result 99.75% 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) -112.06977, 46.41934
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Found In Core Of Pegmatite

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike W TO NW
    Dip ALMOST VERTICAL
    Length 1184.15M
    Width 57.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1964

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Benson And Bissell, Butte, Mt. 59701
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Kyler, Boulder, Mt. 59632.

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME MATERIAL SHIPPED, BUT NO DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 54, P. 23-6.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 58, P. 55.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 54, P. 23-6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRESCENT SHAPE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-77 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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