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Clay Deposit In Rattle Gulch

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090954
MRDS ID D011014
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposit In Rattle Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22592, 46.69989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 KM NORTH OF BRADMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drummond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011W 013W 15 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN RATTLER GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DRYING AND FIRING CHARACTERISTICS ARE FAIR, WITH CAREFUL HANDLING IT COULD BE COMMON BRICK. P.C.E IS 3, FIRING RANGE IS 1800-1950 F.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Hematite Ore
Illite Ore
Kaolin Ore
Montmorillonite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 26.05 AL2O3
Result 1.9 AVA. AL2O3
Result 60.9 SIO2
Result 4.6 FE
Result 2.4 CAO
Result 2.5 MGO
Result 0.24 N02O
Result 0.8 TIO2
Result 0.75 H2O

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Ellis Group
    Rock description Ellis Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22592, 46.69989
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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

Mining district

District name Drummond Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 55, P. 15, 22, 29, 34

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RED AND MAROON MATERIAL

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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