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Thumper Lode Mica Mine

Past Producer in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodities Mica, Quartz, Feldspar
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071322
MRDS ID W014652
Record type Site
Current site name Thumper Lode Mica Mine
Related records 10293936

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.14805, 45.4613 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 28 MILES SW OF BOZEMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garnet Mountain(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 004S 005E 30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THE MICA MINE SHOWN ON THE QUADRANGLE MAP IS NOT THE THUMPER LODE - IT IS REPORTED TO BE A VERMICULITE DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.14805, 45.4613
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N 80 E Strike Of Metamorphic Units
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 55 NW
    Thickness 7M
    Length 61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zoned Pegmatite Developed By Crystalization Inward From The Walls Of A Fluid-Filled Cavity.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: PEGMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gallatin Range

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. T. Barham, Dan Barham, Ray Barham, Wessley Atchison, Walter Atchison

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 73M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC MANNIS, W. J. AND CHADWICK, R. A., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE GARNET MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, GALLATIN COUNTY, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 43, P. 37 - 39.

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP. PUB 75, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MBMG BULL 4

  • Production

    MINERALS YEARBOOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CORE OF PEGMATITE IS QUARTZ SHEET MICA IS IN ZONE INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN BORDER AND CORE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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