Trident Quarry

Producer in Gallatin 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 10071321
MRDS ID W014651
Record type Site
Current site name Trident Quarry
Alternate or previous names Ideal Cement Quarry
Related records 10149113, 10293483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47029, 45.94074 (WGS84)
Elevation 1300
Relative position 7 KM NW FROM LOGAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Logan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 002E 09,10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRY IS LOCATED 0.5 MILE SE OF TRIDENT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 8.56% SIO2, 1.59% AL2O3 0.87% FE +3, 2.08% MGCO3, 85.41% CACO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lodgepole Formation, Limestone
    Rock description Lodgepole Formation, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.47029, 45.94074

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast Trending Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure description Exposure Of Mississippian In Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Horseshoe Hills

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ideal Cement Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHELINI, J. M., 1965, LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE, AND TRAVERTINE IN MONTANA: MONT. BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 44, P. 19, 20

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.