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Bozeman Corundum Deposit

Past Producer in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodities Corundum, Kyanite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019723
MRDS ID DC11236
Record type Site
Current site name Bozeman Corundum Deposit
Alternate or previous names Bozeman Deposit
Related records 10293980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.2814, 45.61797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 13 MILES SW OF BOZEMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 004E 31 S2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SLOPE NEAR SOUTH OF A HIGH FLAT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Primary
Kyanite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Ore
Sillimanite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.2814, 45.61797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N65W
    Dip 40NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 198.12M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL DEPOSIT OF CORUNDUM IN THIN LENSES OF SILLIMANITE GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Comments on the production information

  • POSSIBLY A FEW TONS OF PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE SHAFTS AND TWO ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLABAUGH, S.E., ARMSTRONG, F.C., 1950, CORUNDUM DEPOSITS OF GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTIES, MONT., USGS BULL 969-B, P. 45

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., 1948, DEPOSITS OF THE SILLIMANITE GROUP OF MINERALS SOUTH OF ENNIS, MADISON COUNTY, MONT, MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL, MISC. CONT 10.

  • Deposit

    KNECHTEL, M.M., ET AL, 1946, WRITTEN COMM.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-09-1962

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE CLABAUGH, ARMSTRONG, BULL 969-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP GIVEN IS FOR HOST ROCK LAYERS. DEPOSITS ARE PARALLEL TO THE FOLIATION AND MAJOR LAYERING OF THE GNEISS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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