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Harris Creek Talc Prospect

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094641
MRDS ID D010436
Record type Site
Current site name Harris Creek Talc Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04808, 45.39434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5.7 MI N 30 E OF ALDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 004W 13 SW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW SIDE OF HARRIS CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Chrysotile Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04808, 45.39434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 48.77M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABUNDANT TALC PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER TREMOLITE, UP TO 1 CM LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sheridan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James E. Katz
    Home office Sheridan, Wy.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 45, P. 24-25

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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