Clay Deposit Near Christophsen Ranch

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Aggregate, Light Weight
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014298
MRDS ID D011011
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposit Near Christophsen Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.71479, 46.47768 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8.5 KM NORTH OF DEER LODGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 009W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE CHRISTOPHSEN RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aggregate, Light Weight Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NOT SUITABLE CERAMIC MATERIAL. WITH CAREFULL TEMPERATURE CONTROLL IT COULD BE MADE TO YIELD A SATISFACTORY LIGHT-WEIGHT AGGREGATE. EXPANSION RANGE 2100-2200F.

Analytical data

Result 60.3 SIO2
Result 16.2 AL2O3
Result 3.5 FE
Result 2.2 CAO
Result 1.1 MGO
Result 1.4 NA2O
Result 2.7 K2O
Result 0.5 TIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.71479, 46.47768

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 Deer Lodge Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 13, P. 35, 43, 79

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.