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Clay Deposit West Side of Georgetown Lake

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Brick Clay
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090952
MRDS ID D011008
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposit West Side of Georgetown Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.32036, 46.18739 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 KM W OF PINEY POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 014W 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION WAS VERY GENERAL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1971

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW PLASTICITY AND MODERATE DRYING AND FIRING SHRINKAGE. THE FIRING RANGE IS 2100-2200 F. CAREFUL FIRING IT COULD BE USED FOR COMMON BRICK. COLOR FROM ORANGE TO DARK RED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Illite Ore
Kaolin Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 69.8 SIO2
Result 14.7 AL2O3
Result 3.1 FE
Result 1.5 CAO
Result 0.7 MGO
Result 2.4 NA2O
Result 2.0 K2O
Result 0.4 TIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.32036, 46.18739
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Georgetown Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 13 P. 22, 42, 51, 68, 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YELLOW-BROWN CLAY CONTAINING SOME FELSITIC WEATHERED ROCK FRAGMENTS. MIN. DOLOMITE AND HYDRAMICA; KAOLIN MINERAL IS METAHALLOYSITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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