Vetter Deposit

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101966
MRDS ID DC08997
Record type Site
Current site name Vetter Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77085, 45.16241 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTH OF VARNEY, Location Given Approximate For South Half Of Section 6.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Varney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(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 008S 001W 06 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77085, 45.16241

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Length 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Pods

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITES ARE UNDERLAIN BY NE STRIKING, NW DIPPING BEDS OF MARBLE, AMPHIBOLITE AND BIOTITE SCHIST OF PROBABLE PRECAMBRIAN CHERRY CREEK SERIES (MISC CONT. 10, P. 4.) ; GEOL.DESC: SMALL ROCK POCKET OF HIGH QUALITY RUBY MICA. 4 SMALL DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Varney District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. Vetter
    Home office Ennis

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL QUANTITY OF MICA WAS REMOVED BETWEEN 1940 AND 1944 (HEINRICH, P. 17)

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E, 1949, PEGMATITE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MONTANA, MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 28, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E, 1948, DEPOSITS OF THE SILLIMONITE GROUP OF MINERALS SOUTH OF ENNIS, MADISON CO, MONT, MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MISC. CONT. 10.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUR MINES AND GEOL, MEM 38, 1960, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-13-1961

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 229, 1950, P 62

  • Deposit

    KNECHTEL, M.M., ET AL, 1946, WRITTEN COMM.

  • Deposit

    1948 COMPILE MBMG. MISC. CONT. 10

  • Deposit

    1949 COMPILE MBMG. MEM 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SMALL BODIES OF PEGMATITE AND TWO QUARTZOSE PEGMATITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-80 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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