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Wolf Creek Bentonite Occurrence

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090793
MRDS ID D004265
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Creek Bentonite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09589, 47.03879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 29 MI. N. OF HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri-Dearborn(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015N 004W 22,27 S2 (22); NW (27) Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration To Bentonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Two Medicine Formation
    Rock description Two Medicine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09589, 47.03879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip 11 DEG W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 1609.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: BEDS DIP 10-12 DEG., SO THICK OVERBURDEN MAY PREVENT COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, ROGER G., 1979, ROCKS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WOLF CREEK AREA, LEWIS AND CLARK AND CASCADE COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1441, P. 79

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON R.G. SCHMIDT: BULL. 144

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENTONITE APPEARS TO BE PURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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