Montana City Quarry

Plant in Jefferson 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245430
MRDS ID W014650
MAS/MILS ID 0300430225
Record type Site
Current site name Montana City Quarry
Related records 10071320

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -111.79897, 46.551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1304
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Louisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 N 002 W 12 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.79897, 46.551

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Montana City (Unorganized)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ash Grove Cement West, Inc.
    ID 2400656
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 95, 1975, DIR.

  • Deposit

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

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.