Matador Dome

Occurrence in Blaine county in Montana, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270560
MAS/MILS ID 0300710066
Record type Site
Current site name Matador Dome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.36969, 48.95553 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turner NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Harlem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Havre(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood(hydrologic unit)

Milk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Milk(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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025 N 026 E 03 NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Bearpaw Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C.R., ROBY, R.N., AND HENKES, W.C., 1964, USBM

  • Deposit

    MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIM. RPT. 156, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1971, STATUS OF MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE INFORMATION FOR THE FORT BELKNAP IDIAN

  • Deposit

    RESERVATION, MONTANA: ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-15,

  • Deposit

    P.39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 97.6 PERCENT CACO3. ALSO LOCATED IN THE NE 1/4 OF SEC 4, T25N, R26E. A GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 97.6% CACO3, .92% MGCO2, .89% SIO2, .105% FE2O3, AND .041 AL2O3. THIS MAKES IT VERY SUITABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH CALCIUM LIME, FOR USE IN FLUXES, SUGAR REFINING, AND OIL REFINING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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