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Lawyer Deposit

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Mica, Quartz, Feldspar, Garnet
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019907
MRDS ID DC11902
Record type Site
Current site name Lawyer Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.90642, 45.37351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5.5 MILES NNE 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

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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;005S 002W;003W 30;25 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Quartz Secondary
Feldspar Secondary
Garnet Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.90642, 45.37351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FIRST PEG. 10-12 FT. THICK, OVER 150 FT. LONG; MOSTLY GRAPHIC GRANITE. SECOND 3-5 FT. THICK, 350 FT. LONG; ZONED, 4 IN: MICA BOOKS, SOME GARNET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. Lawyer
    Home office Twin Bridges

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MICA BOOKS TOO SMALL FOR SHEET-GRADE MATERIAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, 2 SETS TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E, 1949, PEGMATITE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MONTANA, MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 28, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-11-1963

  • Deposit

    1949 COMPILE MBMG., MEM 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ROUGLLY PARALLEL, ENECHELON PEGMATITES, STRIKING N40W AND N25W, AND DIPPING VERTICAL AND 40SW

Reporter information

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

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