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Places Fire Clay Mine

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098038
MRDS ID DC08472
Record type Site
Current site name Places Fire Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.96479, 46.14295 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position INFORMATION ONLY TELLS LOCATION TO SEC 34.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anaconda North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 011W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N OF ANACONDA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.96479, 46.14295
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mount Powell Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lost Creek Granite Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Anaconda Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harold Snow
    Home office Box 1155. Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCING IN 1961.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    USBM-USGS MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1952-1954.

  • Production

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1952.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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