Whaley

Occurrence in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper
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. 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 10008959
MRDS ID D001522
Record type Site
Current site name Whaley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.00094, 46.68321 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Florence(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 019W 28 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.00094, 46.68321

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEMUNCK, J.C., AND ACKERMAN, W.C., 1958, BARITE DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. INF. CIRC. 22, P. 21-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CU MINED FROM THE GREEN SERICITE SCHIST, SCHIST ASSAYED, CU-8.40%, 0.1 OZ. AG, 0.5% PB; LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL FOR AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references