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Moon Lake Asbestos Deposit

Occurrence in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019138
MRDS ID DC08764
Record type Site
Current site name Moon Lake Asbestos Deposit
Related records 10270619

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28195, 45.31658 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF JUMBO MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gallatin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallatin(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 004E 18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN DEER CREEK AND DUDLEY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF ROCK SAMPLE C94 IS SHOWN ON PAGE 24 OF USGS BULL 1230-B.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28195, 45.31658
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deer Creek Shear Zone-Trending N70e, Dipping 70nw

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TRENDS N65W. FIBERS UP TO 3 IN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT, CALKINS, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SPANISH PEAKS PRIMITIVE AREA, MONTANA, USGS, BULL 1230-B, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 08-26-1968

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE BECRAFT, CALKINS, BULL 1230-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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