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Greenough Deposits

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221988
MAS/MILS ID 0300630053
Record type Site
Current site name Greenough Deposits
Alternate or previous names Greenough, Some Times Called Elk Creek Barite, Friday Mine, Greenough Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.35453, 46.88799 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bata Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013 N 014 W 15 C N2N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT:HGHWY 200 TO GREENOUGH (GARNET RANGE RD), RIGHT 6.2 MILES EAST, RIGHT .8 MILES. OCCURRENCES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE MISSOULA AREA. THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE VICINITY OF THE MINE IS FINE- GRAINED GREY TO DARK GREY MICAEOUS SANDY QUARTZITE AND ARGILLITE OF BELTIAN AGE. SOME IMPURE LIMESTONE IS ALSO PRESENT. THIS PROPERTY WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE BAROID DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL LEAD CO. IN JUNE 1956. PROPERTY SOME TIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED ELK CREEK BARITE; SEE MAS SEQ# 0300630011

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.35453, 46.88799
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boggs Brothers Construction
    ID 2401452
    Home office Washington
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 8, 1957, P. 42

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED FEB 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAY-98 Buckingham, David A. 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)

StatusAbandoned since 05/23/1988
MSHA mine ID2401452
Mine name (MSHA)Friday Pit
Current operatorWayne Clutis Mining Inc
Current controller (parent)Clutis Wayne E
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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