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Claystone Deposit West of Blossburg

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019342
MRDS ID DC09595
Record type Site
Current site name Claystone Deposit West of Blossburg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32867, 46.63323 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.5 KM W OF BLOSSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 006W 10 NE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 9% DRYING SHRINKAGE; AT 1900 F TEMP: 0% SHRINKAGE, IT IS RED, AT 2300 F TEMP: 4.0 % SHRINKAGE; IT FIRES RED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Illite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result TOTAL AL2O3= 18.4, AVAILABLE AL2O3= 7.7, 70.5 SIO2, 1.3 FE, 0.6 CAO, 0.36 MGO, 1.01 NAO2, 2.82 K2O, 0.17 TIO2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32867, 46.63323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dunkleberg Anticline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blossburg Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 70, P. 5, 13, 28, 33, 44

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-12-1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MATERIAL IS ILLITE CLAY CONTAINING QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR. THE PLASTICITY IS LOW, BUT THE OTHER CERAMIC PROPERTIES ARE FAIR. THE MATERIAL COULD BE USED AS A BLEND WITH A PLASTIC CLAY.
Deposit FAIR CERAMIC MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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