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Clay Deposit Near Hoover Creek Road

Occurrence in Powell 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 10090956
MRDS ID D011019
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposit Near Hoover Creek Road

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.98563, 46.65961 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.8 KM SSW OF MILLER LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bailey Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 011W 33 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ROAD OUT ON THE HOOVER CREEK ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIRING CHARACTERISTICS ARE GOOD AT LOW TEMP. BUT THE MATERIAL SWELLS AND CRACKS AT HIGH TEMP. WITH PROPER FIRING AND BLENDING IT COULD BE USED AS COMMON BRICK; P.C.E OVER 12; 1900-2150 F.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Ore
Kaolin Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 24.3 A1203
Result 7.95 AVA. A1208
Result 52.3 S102
Result 5.6 FE
Result 0.4 CA0
Result 1.34 MG0
Result 0.2 NA20
Result 0.41 K20
Result 0.56 T102
Result 3.35 H20

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Blackleaf Formation (Flood Member)
    Rock description Blackleaf Formation (Flood Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blackleaf Formation
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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 Goldcreek Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 55, P. 14, 22, 29, 34, 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK FISSLE CLAY

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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