Clay Occurence At Woodrow Wilson Mine

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Kaolin, Brick Clay
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090957
MRDS ID D011022
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Occurence At Woodrow Wilson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26477, 46.42212 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.5 KM NORTH OF OLD BALDY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 29 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE WOODROW WILSON MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLASTICITY IS LOW, DRYING AND FIRING SHRINKAGES ARE LOW. MATERIAL COULD BE USED FOR MANY CERAMIC PRODUCTS. P.C.E. IS OVER CONE 12; FIRING RANGE IS 2050-2300 F; FIRE COLOR IS GREY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Ore
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26477, 46.42212

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Randall Chew Iii

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 27, P. 27, 28, 35, 44, 51, 56

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 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.