Unnamed Manganese Occurrence

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091637
MRDS ID DC09043
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.68005, 45.03434 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gallagher Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 009W 23 NW OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Todorokite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Park City
    Rock description Park City
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.68005, 45.03434

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONCRETIONS COMPRISE 15-20% OF BED. NODULES CONTAIN 7-18% MN (O) AND AS MUCH AS 2.5% ZN, 1-3% NI, .22% CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blacktail Mountains

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GULBRANDSEN AND REESER, 1969, USGS PROF. PAPER 650-C, P. C49-C57.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-01-1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.