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Spuhler Gulch Deposit

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Graphite
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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 10019948
MRDS ID DC12027
Record type Site
Current site name Spuhler Gulch Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09476, 45.5624 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 9 MI E OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 004W 21 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH WALL OF SPUHLER GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pony
    Rock description Pony
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09476, 45.5624
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 40 FT. TALC-GRAPHITE ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Wisconsin Creek) District

Comments on development

  • NO ROAD (1957), HIGH ALTITUDE, BENEFICIATION REQUIREA N30 PREC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. MEM. 36, 1957, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-20-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 40% TALC, 5% GRAPHITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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