| Deposit ID | 10019110 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC08626 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sinkwater Creek Barite Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.39537, 46.85183 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | E SIDE OF SINKWATER CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Missoula(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Union Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)
Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Missoula |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 013N | 014W | 20 | SW OF NE OF NW OF SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Garnet Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Garnet Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Silver Hill Formation;Flathead Formation;Missoula Group |
| Rock description | Silver Hill Formation;Flathead Formation;Missoula Group |
| (1) | -113.39537, 46.85183 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Bearmouth Overthrust |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Garnet Stock |
| Strike | N 63 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 NE |
| Length | 0.08M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Coloma District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC08626 |
GEOL. OF LUBRECHT EXPERIMENTAL FOREST, MISSOULA CO., MONT. UNPUB. MS THESIS, U OF MONT, 90 P., 1964. AUTHOR UNKNOWN, POSSIBLY BRENNER, RL.
GEOL. OF LUBRECHT EXP. FOR., 1968, LUBR. SER. 1, MISSOULA, U OF MONT. FOR. AND CONS. EXPT. STATION, 71 P.
USGS BULL 660, PL. 6.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | APPEARS TO BE PURE BARITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| 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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