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Buffalo Creek Ba Occurrence

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. 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 10090943
MRDS ID D010449
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Creek Ba Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19396, 45.16933 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 13.0 MI N 30 W OF GRANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brays Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 013W 04 SE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 7.2 MI N 16 W OF BACHELOR MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Missoula
    Rock description Missoula
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19396, 45.16933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Hole Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kirk Fox
    Home office Dillon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHORT VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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