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Quartz Creek Silica Rock Deposit

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105991
MRDS ID W026564
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Creek Silica Rock Deposit
Related records 10221690

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.82431, 47.01349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUPERIOR, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lozeau(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015N 026W 36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX LOCATION, N BANK OF QUARTZ CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.82431, 47.01349
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Of Montana Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Is Found As Two Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip SW
    Length 60.96M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME CONTAMINATION OF QUARTZ BY FELDSPAR AND MICA CAN BE SEEN ABOVE DEPOSIT (I.E., TO THE NORTH)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name (Unorganized)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Evans And Victor Wright

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED FROM OUTCROPS

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF ANY WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1972 , SILICA ROCK DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, RAW MATERIALS RESEARCH SECT. INDUSTRIAL AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT DEPT., BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC. REPORT NO. 3 P. 73 - 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATED THICKNESS IS 100 FEET. BOTH DIKES HAVE BASICALLY SAME STRIKE AND DIP
Deposit CHEMICAL ANALYSIS REPORTED IN CITED REFERENCE SIO2 99.59 PERCENT, AL2O3 0.016 PERCENT, FE2O3 0.08 PERCENT, CAO 0.021 PERCENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

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