Canyon Creek Quarry

Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Silica
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010813
MRDS ID D004798
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Creek Quarry
Related records 10147579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.73867, 45.70157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position 5 AIR MILES NNW OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melrose(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 009W 32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SO. 1/2 OF SE 1/4 OF SECTION 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quadrant
    Rock description Quadrant
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.73867, 45.70157

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Melrose District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Industrial Chemical, Div. Stauffer Chemical Co.
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D.C., 1977, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1976: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 103, P. 35

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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