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Wolf Creek Latite Quarry

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101505
MRDS ID D004264
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Creek Latite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06506, 47.00462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position IN WOLF CREEK, 27 MI. N. OF HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 004W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ROADCUT ON HIGHWAY I-15 RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE TOWN OF WOLF CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Latite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Two Medicine Formation
    Rock description Two Medicine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06506, 47.00462
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ming Bar Thrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1966

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ACTUALLY A ROADCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, ROGER G., 1979, ROCKS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WOLF CREEK AREA, LEWIS AND CLARK AND CASCADE COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1441, P. 72

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON R.G. SCHMIDT: BULL. 144

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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