Clay Deposit Near Flint Creek

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Brick Clay
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014294
MRDS ID D011006
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposit Near Flint Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.32259, 46.24433 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.0 KM NW OF THE FLINT CREEK CAMPGROUND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 014W 26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ROAD CUT ALONG HIGHWAY U.S. 10A AT THE FOOT OF FLINT CREEK HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1971

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLASICITY AND GREEN STRENGTH IS LOW; P.C.E. IS CONE 11; FIRE RANGE IS 1950-2200F; THE BRICKS WERE LIGHT IN WEIGHT AND POROUS AND LIGHTLY BONNED. MIXED WITH BONDING CLAY THE MATERIAL COULD BE USED FOR COMMON BRICK.FIRE COLORR IS RED TO BROWN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Dolomite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Halloysite Ore
Hematite Ore
Kaolin Ore
Quartz Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.32259, 46.24433

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Georgetown Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 27, P. 15, 16, 33, 38, 47, 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE NONCALCAREOUS CLAY THAT IS SOFT PROBABLY DO TO WEATHERING OF A HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED PRODUCT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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