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Petty Creek Quartz

Past Producer in Mineral 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. 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 10089455
MRDS ID W026563
Record type Site
Current site name Petty Creek Quartz
Alternate or previous names White Cap Quartz Deposit
Related records 10270157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.46264, 46.89932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRENCHTOWN, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 023W 11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALTITUDE APPROXIMATE, LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Missoula Group Argillite
    Rock description Missoula Group Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.46264, 46.89932
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Of Montana Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Forms Two Ribs Trending Near East - West, Cutting Argillite And Andesite

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 213.36M
    Width 24.38M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANDESITE DIKE TRENDS NORTHWEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name (Unorganized)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Teller, Hamilton, Mt And M. Longpre

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHELINI ESTIMATES A 300 FOOT DEPTH AND GREATER LENGTH THAN ANONYMOUS AUTHOR USED IN HIS ESTIMATE
  • ESTIMATE GIVEN IS FOR NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN RIB COMBINED AND IS MADE ON BASIS OF OUTCROPS

Comments on the workings information

  • NO INFORMATION ON WORKINGS AVAILABLE. DESCRIPTION OF ONE ADIT (CAVED) DRIVEN ON QUARTZ - CARBONATE CONTACT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHELINI, J. M. 1966 , SOME HIGH - PURITY QUARTZ DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 54 P. 30 - 32

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1972 , SILICA ROCK DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, RAW MATERIALS SECTION INDUSTRIAL AND REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT, BURLINGTON NORTHERN, ST. PAUL, MINN. REPORT NO. 3 P. 69 - 72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH REFERENCES GIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSES - ANALYSES RANGE FROM 99.20 TO 99.68 PERCENT SIO2
Deposit STRIKE INFERRED FROM GEOLOGIC SKETCH MAP. ONE QUARTZ RIB IS EXPOSED FOR 700 FEET. AVERAGE WIDTH IS 50 FT

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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