Cow Creek Clays

Occurrence in Phillips county in Montana, United States with commodities Bentonite, Clay
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256448
MAS/MILS ID 0300710085
Record type Site
Current site name Cow Creek Clays

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.88749, 47.84412 (WGS84)
Elevation 750
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phillips(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cow Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zortman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fort Peck Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Phillips

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 024 N 022 E 09 E2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Tertiary
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.88749, 47.84412

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILTY SANDY CLAY BEDS OCCUR BENEATH COW CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA IN BEARPAW SHALE, WARM CREEK FORMATION, AND IN JUDITH RIVER FORMATION. EXTENSIVE BEDS, BUT THIN, MOSTLY DEEP, AND NOT OF HIGH QUALITY FOR MOST USES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1986, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COW CREEK

  • Deposit

    WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, BLAINE AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES,

  • Deposit

    MONTANA: USBM WFOC MLA OF 3-86, 27 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-DEC-1990 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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