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Clay Deposit N Side of East Fork Reservoir

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014295
MRDS ID D011007
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposit N Side of East Fork Reservoir

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37592, 46.12767 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position N SHORE OF EAST FORK RESERVIOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potato Lakes(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 004N 014W 5 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION WAS GENERAL TO A SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1971

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • S.G. -1; EXCELLENT BLOATING PROPERTIES AND TURNS A BUFF COLOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Montmorillonite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 50.03102
Result 24.2 AL203
Result 2.6 FE
Result 1.0 CA0
Result 0.7 MG0
Result 0.4 T102

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Bentonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.37592, 46.12767
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rock Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG 1C 23, P. 14, 27, 37, 39

Reporter information

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

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