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Basin Quartz Quarry

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107303
MRDS ID W014646
Record type Site
Current site name Basin Quartz Quarry
Alternate or previous names Basin Blowout
Related records 10196760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.23116, 46.26934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1620
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2.5 KM EAST OF BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 005W 16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N OF BOULDER RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz 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) -112.23116, 46.26934
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TUNNEL EXPOSES A PORPHYRITIC ALASKITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Silica Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Period 1964 - 1976
    Material QTZ
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^99.5 + % Sio2, Metallurgical Grade
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SiO2 Silica Silica 100wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN QUARRY, TUNNEL 100 FT BELOW PIT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINE IS ADJACENT TO RAILROAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 54, P. 16-17.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 294-95.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    USGS IC 8112, P. 23-4.

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP 74, P. 93-7.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    1958 GEOCHEM USBM - PUBLISHE

  • Production

    PETERSON, 1976, P. 94

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-76 Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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