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Silica Butte

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019954
MRDS ID DC12047
Record type Site
Current site name Silica Butte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41477, 45.69434 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Table Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 002S 007W 01 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41477, 45.69434
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ-CORE PEG.; WHITE, HIGH PURITY QUARTZ SURROUNDED BY GRAPHIC-TEXTURED QUARTZ-FELDSPAR. 117 X 37 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 7400 TONS MEASURED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 54, 1966, P. 32-33.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 99.55% SILICA DIOXIDE.

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

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