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Warm Springs Dolomite Sample

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Dolomite
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090895
MRDS ID D008194
Record type Site
Current site name Warm Springs Dolomite Sample

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15091, 46.18433 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.6 KM E OF GROSS HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 18 NE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF WARM SPRINGS CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHEMICAL-GRADE DOLOMITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Analytical data

Result CAO 30.6%, MGO 21.0%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Red Lion Formation
    Rock description Red Lion Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15091, 46.18433
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960

Mining district

District name Johnson Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 30 FT AND ONE 34 FT SAMPLES WERE TAKEN.

Comments on development

  • LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE WERE SAMPLED FOR PROPOSED STEEL PLANT E OF ANACONDA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 44, P. 20-22, 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT-BLUE MEDIUM GRAINED AND BEDDED DOLOMITE. 50 FT OF TALUS IN CENTRAL PART OF EXPOSURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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