Brown's Quarry

Past Producer in Deer Lodge 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071319
MRDS ID W014649
Record type Site
Current site name Brown's Quarry
Related records 10245682

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06702, 46.16822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 10 KM NORTHWEST FROM ANACONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.2 KM E OF WATER TANKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 50.2% CAO, 2.0% MGO, 1.3% IRON OXIDE 0.6% AL2O3, 7.4% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mission Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Mission Canyon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06702, 46.16822

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Area Of Folded And Faulted Paleozoic And Mesozoic Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blue Eyed Nellie District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner General Constructors
    Home office 4999 Harrison Ave., Butte Mt, 59701
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co. Butte Mt, 59701

Comments on the production information

  • SUPPLIED LIMESTONE TO A CONCENTRATING PLANT AT BUTTE

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS 300 FT APART

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 44, P. 22-3.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1953-1966

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 44, P. 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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