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Madison Quartz Deposit A

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019906
MRDS ID DC11901
Record type Site
Current site name Madison Quartz Deposit A

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87142, 45.3649 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 6 MILES NE OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eightmile Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 002W 29 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS JUST EAST OF DIRT ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 99.43% QUARTZ

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87142, 45.3649
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M
    Length 27.43M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIKE 90 FT X 25 FT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City Dist.-Granite Creek Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT ECONOMIC SIZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHELINI, J.M., 1966, SOME HIGH-PURITY QTZ DEPOSITS IN MONTANA, MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 54, P. 28

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 08-27-1968

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE MBMG BULL. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE QUARTZ DIKES. ONE DIKE 90 X 25 FT
Deposit 99.43% QUARTZ. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

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