Fred Burr Creek Pumice Deposit

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019310
MRDS ID DC09454
Record type Site
Current site name Fred Burr Creek Pumice Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.62451, 46.42907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.0 KM NE AND E 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

Baggs Creek(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N;007N 008W;008W 06,07,18,19,20,28,29,30,31,32,33;04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE GENERAL FOR AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.62451, 46.42907

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Thickness 106.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Emery (Zosell) District

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE VOLCANIC ASH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-82 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.