Drummond Quarry

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101976
MRDS ID DC09716
Record type Site
Current site name Drummond Quarry
Alternate or previous names Spring Gulch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13786, 46.66933 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI N OF THE E END OF DRUMMOND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drummond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 012W 32 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.88% MGO, 48.8 % CAO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kootenia Formation
    Rock description Kootenia Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13786, 46.66933

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 75 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1924-1939

Mining district

District name Garnet Range Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. H. Norborg Co.
    Home office 703 Guaranty Bank Bldg., Denver, Co. 80202
  • Type Owner
    Owner American Crystal Sugar Co.
    Home office Boston Building, Denver Co. 80202

Comments on development

  • USED FOR FLUX AND LIME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 58, P.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 39, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 44, P. 46.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 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.