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Montana Onyx Quarries

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091641
MRDS ID DC09063
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Onyx Quarries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34281, 45.07962 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 006W 04,09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON SWEETWATER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Onyx Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Tuffaceous Rocks
    Rock description Tuffaceous Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34281, 45.07962
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 TEST PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. MEM. 15, 1935, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-24-1963

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

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