Trident Cement Quarry

Plant in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodities Clay, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149113
MRDS ID W014651
MAS/MILS ID 0300310003
Record type Site
Current site name Trident Cement Quarry
Alternate or previous names Ideal Cement
Related records 10071321, 10293483

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -111.46975, 45.94101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Logan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallatin(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 N 002 E 10 NWW2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Secondary
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.46975, 45.94101

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ideal Cement Co.
    ID 2400014
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ideal Basic Industries - Cement Div.
    ID 2400014
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1992
    Description Cement Capacity 272000 Mt/Yr

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, DON C., MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1974,

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 95, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    STOUT, K., AND ACKERMAN, W.; MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOLOGY, INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 20, 1957, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 44, 1965, P. 19, 20.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1975, MONTANA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 32.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-96 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 02/15/1973
MSHA mine ID2400014
Mine name (MSHA)Trident Plant & Quarry
Current operatorGCC Trident LLC
Current controller (parent)GCC SAB de CV
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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