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Sieben Ranch Quarry

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013341
MRDS ID D009576
Record type Site
Current site name Sieben Ranch Quarry
Alternate or previous names Picture Stone No. 1 Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19867, 46.85268 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5.0 KM W OF BALDY MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 005W 26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG LITTLE SHEEP CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIN SLABS FRO FLAGGING, THICKER FOR ASHLAR OR RUBBLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 2.68, AVERAGE ABSORPTION IS 0.13%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19867, 46.85268
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • A QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL94, P. 10, 18

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DIP VARIES BUT DOES NOT EXCEED 25. A WELL-DEVELOPED JOINT SET IS ORIENTED N70E, 70SE; AND A LESS PRONOUNCED VERTICAL JOINT SET TRENDS N35W. THE COLOR RANGES FROM OLIVE GRAY TO GREENISH GRAY. BLACK PYROLUSITE DENDRITES ON THE BEDDING SURFACES PRODUCE AN ATTRACTIVE FERN-LIKE DESIGN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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