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Welch Quarry

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097869
MRDS ID D010446
Record type Site
Current site name Welch Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33282, 45.93712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4.0 MI N75E OF HOMESTAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmoe Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 006W 10,11 CENTER OF S2 OF N2 OF SE (10); W2 (11) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    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) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Homestake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. B. Worley
    Home office Homestake
    First year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STONE WAS USED IN BUTTE BUILDINGS AND RAILROAD BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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