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Estelle Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101616
MRDS ID D005563
Record type Site
Current site name Estelle Mine
Alternate or previous names Sweetwater

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.39893, 45.14018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position 12.7 MI S66E OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Christensen Ranch(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 007W 13,24 E2 (13); NE (24) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN PIT NE SIDE OF SWEETWATER ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.39893, 45.14018
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Width 114.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pfizer, Inc.

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN PIT PLUS BULLDOZER CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS DUG FARTHER SOUTHWEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERG, R. B., TALC AND CHLORITE DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 45, P. 36

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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