Clay Deposit In Haskell Area

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Bloating Material
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10014300
MRDS ID D011015
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposit In Haskell Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05647, 46.61933 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.4 KM NW OF HASKEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunkleberg Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 012W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • A ROAD CUT 5 MI SE OF DRUMMOND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bloating Material Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FAIR BLOATING PRODUCT AT 2000-2100 F. FIRE COLOR IS BROWN. P.C.E CONE 1. S.G. AFTER FIRING WAS 1.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Montmorillonite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 58.7 SIO2
Result 17.0 AL2O3
Result 3.57 FE
Result 2.7 CAO
Result 1.6 MGO
Result 0.6NA2O
Result 1.1 K2O
Result 0.4 TIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05647, 46.61933

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 Drummond Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 13, P. 36, 44, 57, 65, 72, 79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YELLOWISH GREY CLAY SLIGHTLY BENTONITIC, IT IS PARTLY PIVITRIFIED PUMICE

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.