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Schimpf Quarry

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097856
MRDS ID D009587
Record type Site
Current site name Schimpf Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21756, 46.58879 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 10.0 KM W OF MT. HELENA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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 010N 005W 25 SE OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

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) -112.21756, 46.58879
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Helena District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MBMG BULL 94, P. 13.

Comments on the workings information

  • AN EXCAVATION INTO THE SIDE OF A GRANITE KNOB.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 94, P. 10, 12, 13

  • Reserve-Resource

    BLOCKS SEVERAL FEET IN LEAST DIMENSION CAN BE QUARRIED HERE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JOINT SET IS ORIENTED N65E, 50SE. THE LESS PRONIMENT SET IS ORIENTED N15W, 65NE. HAS ABUNDANT BLACK INCLUSIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) 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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