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Harrison Quarry

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013349
MRDS ID D009588
Record type Site
Current site name Harrison Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21617, 46.58046 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 11.5 KM W OF MT. HELENA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(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 010N 005W 34 SW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CLOSE TO HIGHWAY 12.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Analytical data

Result SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS 2.65. THE AVERAGE ABSORPTION IS 0.4%.

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) -112.21617, 46.58046
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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

Mining district

District name Helena District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MBMG BULL 94, P. 9.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DISTANCE FROM THE LOWEST POINT IN THE QUARRY TO THE HIGHEST POINT WHERE GRANITE HAS BEEN PRODUCED IS APPROX. 75 FT AND THE QUARRY IS APPROX. 200 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 94, P. 9, 10

  • Reserve-Resource

    A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE GRANITE COULD BE QUARRIED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MOST PRONOUNCED JOINT SET TREND N70E AND IS VERTICAL. THE JOINTS ARE 2-3 FT APART. A LESS PROMINENT JOINT SET TREND N25W AND INCLINED 60 NE. THESE ARE SPACED 2-4.6 FT APART. THE ATTITUDE OF SHEETING IN N45W, 35SW. GRANITE BLOCKS OF 2-3 FT IN LEAST DIMENSION COULD EASILY BE QUARRIED.

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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