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Lolo Quartz Deposit

Past Producer in Missoula 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089456
MRDS ID W026565
Record type Site
Current site name Lolo Quartz Deposit
Alternate or previous names Schroeder and Maclay Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.10651, 46.72071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1196
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOLO, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Florence(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N;011N 020W;020W 10;16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALTITUDE APPROXIMATE, UTM, ALTITUDE AND LAND CLASSIFICATION PERTAIN TO DEPOSIT IN SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.10651, 46.72071
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Of Montana Lineament Northeast Of Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LENS LIKE BODY
    Length 38.1M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M

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 Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS ARE DESCRIBED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHELINI, J. M., 1966 , SOME HIGH PURITY QUARTZ DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 54 PAGE 26 - 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LONG AXIS OF BODY TRENDS EASTWARD. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER SMALL OUTCROPS IN THE AREA
Deposit LOCATION AND DIMENSIONS OF DEPOSIT GIVEN FOR SCHROEDER DEPOSIT. PERTINENT MINERALOGY IS GIVEN INCLUDING BOTH DEPOSITS. SAMPLE CONTAINS 99.54 PERCENT SIO2

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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