Mc Clellan Creek Quarry

Producer in Jefferson 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 10071316
MRDS ID W014643
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Clellan Creek Quarry
Alternate or previous names Maronick Quarry
Related records 10294422

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.99755, 46.55157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 4 KM SOUTHEAST OF EAST HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Helena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 002W 07 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result INSOL. 2.70%, AL2O3 (NOT REPORTED) FE2O3 0.50%, MGO 2.85%, CAO 52.40% P2O5 (NOT REPORTED) S (NOT REPORTED)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Meagher Limestone
    Rock description Meagher Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.99755, 46.55157

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Probable Southern Continuation Of The Disturbed Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Striking Formations

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 30 DEG E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Helena Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Maronick Construction Co. Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. P. Maronick

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 45M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHELINI, J. M., 1965, LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE, AND TRAVERTINE IN MONTANA: MONT. BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 44, P. 47-4

  • Production

    CHELINI, 1965, P. 48

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.