Warren Quarry

Producer in Carbon county in Montana, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070454
MRDS ID W013396
Record type Site
Current site name Warren Quarry
Related records 10245668

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.59907, 45.11743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1562
Relative position 8 KM NORTHEAST FROM WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridger(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shoshone(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S;008S 025E;026E 24,25;19,30 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 97.1 PERCENT CACO3 1.5 PERCENT INSOLUBLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.59907, 45.11743

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southwest Dip

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 3 DEG SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bridger Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Big Horn Calcium Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 548.64M
    Overall width 600M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOVE DIMENSIONS FROM 1969 MAP AND ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHELINI, J. M., 1965, LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE, AND TRAVERTINE IN MONTANA: MONT. BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 44, P. 45 - 46

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOCHEM MBMG BULL. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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