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East Foster Creek Dolmite Sample

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Dolomite
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019072
MRDS ID DC08484
Record type Site
Current site name East Foster Creek Dolmite Sample

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11758, 46.17322 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.1 KM SE OF THE ANACONDA CIVILIAN CONSV. CTR., 0.5 Km Radius., 0.5 Km Radius., 0.5 Km Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 20,21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 KM FROM MOUTH OF FOSTER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Analytical data

Result 8.1 MGO, 45.4 CAO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11758, 46.17322
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johnson Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 18 FT, 23 FT, AND 41 FT SAMPLES.

Comments on development

  • LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FOR A PROPOSED STEEL PLANT E OF ANACONDA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEISS, C.F. 1942, WRITTEN COMM.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 44, P. 24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SALT AND PEPPER SPECKLED LIGHT GRAY MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE THAT OVERLIES A LAMINATED BLUE FINE-GRAINED MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE THAT CONTAINS COARSE GRAINED STRINGERS. UNDERLYING THIS IS A WHITE MASSIVE MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE WITH ZONES OF LAMINATED BLUE MATERIAL. WHOLE BODY EXPOSED IS FOLDED AND FAULTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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