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North Whitetail Basin Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013347
MRDS ID D009585
Record type Site
Current site name North Whitetail Basin Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11755, 46.14601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 9.5 KM S OF BOULDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 004W 33 S2 OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W OF BOULDER-WHITETAIL ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11755, 46.14601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boulder Mountains Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 94, P. 10, 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit K-FELDSPAR MEGACRYSTS ARE PROMINENT AS ARE THE DARK INCLUSIONS.

Reporter information

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

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