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Blue Eyed Nellie Creek Quarry

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Silica
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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 10101618
MRDS ID D005571
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eyed Nellie Creek Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06702, 46.17517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 3.4 KM NW OF WEST VALLEY E SIDE OF BLUE-EYED NELLIE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 24 CENTER OF NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quadrant Formation
    Rock description Quadrant Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue Eyed Nellie District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MBMG BULL 84

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 15,52-53

  • Production

    EARLL, 1972, MBMG BULL 84 P. 53

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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