Unnamed Aluminum Occurrence

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Aluminum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019821
MRDS ID DC11649
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Aluminum Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32254, 45.25407 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 15.5 MI N80E OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beaverhead Rock SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 006W 03,04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1978

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dumortierite Ore
Pegmatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32254, 45.25407

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN 2500 X 60 FT PEGMATITE ; GEOL.DESC: 2500 X 60 FT INFOLIATED PEG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAHAM AND ROBERTSON, 1951, AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 36, NO. 11-12, P. 916.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-27-1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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