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Southwest Drummond Pumice Deposit

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Pumice
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019349
MRDS ID DC09617
Record type Site
Current site name Southwest Drummond Pumice Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22731, 46.62267 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position AREA STARTS ABOUT 5.0 KM SW OF DRUMMOND., 0.9 Km Radius, 0.9 Km Radius, 0.9 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 013W 01,02,03,04,09,10,11,14,15,16,17,18,19,30,31,32,33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG CENTRAL FOR AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22731, 46.62267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNECHTEL, MM, ETAL, 1946, WRITTEN COMM.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-25-1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PURE BUT COARSE AND COMPACT IN TERTIARY LAKE BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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