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Cherry Creek Pegmatite.

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Kyanite, Copper, Manganese
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010545
MRDS ID D004312
Record type Site
Current site name Cherry Creek Pegmatite.
Related records 10172787

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77168, 45.09435 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 10 MILES SOUTH OF VARNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Broomtail Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S;008S 001W;002W 29,31;36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE FOR SECTION 31. THE GENERAL AREA IS DESCRIBED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Garnet Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77168, 45.09435
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Varney

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E, 1948, DEPOSITS OF THE SILLIMANITE GROUP OF MINERALS SOUTH OF ENNIS, MADISON CO, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MISC. CONT. 10, P 12

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E, 1949, PEGMATITE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MONTANA, MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 28, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J, 1918, SOME MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN MADISON CO, MONT., U.S.G.S. BULL. 690-F, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    1918 COMPILE PARDEE, BULL. 690-F

  • Deposit

    1948 COMPILE MBMG, MISC. CONT. 10.

  • Deposit

    1949 COMPILE MBMG, MEM. 28

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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