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Karst Asbestos Deposit

Past Producer in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071308
MRDS ID W014634
Record type Site
Current site name Karst Asbestos Deposit
Related records 10245983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.18333, 45.35602 (WGS84)
Elevation 2120
Relative position 38 KM SOUTHWEST FROM BOZEMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hidden Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallatin(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 004E 35,36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 0.5 MILE WEST OF GALLATIN RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization Of Peridotite

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF ANTHOPHYLLITE SIO2 56.0%, AL2O3 5.8%, FEO 8.9%, MGO 26.0%, CAO 1.2%, IGNITION LOSS 2.0%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Belt Gneiss And Schist
    Rock description Belt Gneiss And Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.18333, 45.35602
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast Strike Of Metamorphic Rocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR BODY AND LENS-SHAPED BODY
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Thickness 46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones In Peridotite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Peter F. Karst

Mining district

District name Gallatin Canyon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Interstate Products Co., Inc., Billings As Of 1964

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF ASBESTOS WERE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 201.17M
    Overall width 60M

Comments on the workings information

  • THESE FIGURES ARE FOR THE MONTANA PIT, THE KARST PIT IS MUCH SMALLER - THE MONTANA PIT IS 480 M SOUTHWEST OF THE KARST PIT WHICH IS SHOWN ON QUADRANGLE MAP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCMANNIS, W. J. AND CHADWICK, R. A., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE GARNET MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, GALLATIN COUNTY, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 43 , P. 38 - 42 PERRY, E. S., 1948 , TALC, GRAPHITE, VERMICULITE, AND ASBESTOS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 27 , P. 35 - 39 , MARVIN, R., 1952 , DESCRIPTION AND GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF SELECTED AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF GALLATIN CANYON, GALLATIN COUNTY, MONTANA: UNPUB. MS THESIS MONTANA TECH

  • Production

    PERRY, 1948, P. 39

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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