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North Silver Lake Dolomite Sample

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Dolomite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012529
MRDS ID D008190
Record type Site
Current site name North Silver Lake Dolomite Sample

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23785, 46.16878 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.1 KM N OF SILVER LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 21 NE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECOND HIGHWAY CUT E FROM W END OF SILVER LAKE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • METALLURGICAL USES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Red Lion Formation
    Rock description Red Lion Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23785, 46.16878
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960

Mining district

District name Silver Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 24 FT, 2.5 FT, 124 FT AND 12 FT SAMPLES

Comments on development

  • LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FOR PROPOSED STEEL PLANT E OF ANACONDA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 44, P. 20-22, 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE MEDIUM-GRAINED UNINDURATED MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE, HANGING WALL CONTAINS LIGHT-BLUE MOTTLED MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE WITH GRAY LAMINATED ZONES, AND BLACK FINE-GRAINED MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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