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Little Mile Creek Asbestos Deposit

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109647
MRDS ID M060195
Record type Site
Current site name Little Mile Creek Asbestos Deposit
Related records 10245970

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.42527, 44.75797 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 7 MILES SE CLIFF LAKE P.O.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Earthquake Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012S 002E 25 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN OCCURRENCE OF COMMERCIAL CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS IN MONTANA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore
Antigorite Gangue
Aragonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.3% SPINNING PRODUCT, 0.4% SHORTS PRODUCT, 6.0% SAND PRODUCT, 92.3% ROCK REJECT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Gabbro
    Rock description Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series-Marble, Schist
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series-Marble, Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.42527, 44.75797
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. 25 Deg E.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing Has Been Responsible For Formation Of Asbestos Fiber

Ore body information

  • General form BANDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Metacarbonate Rocks And Gabbro.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Israel A. Hutchens
Year of first production 1925

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Madisonian Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND SHORT ADITS HAVE PROSPECTED AREA

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: BULK OF ASBESTOS DOES NOT POSSESS THE FLEXIBILITY FOR A SATISFACTORY GRADE ASBESTOS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, E.S., 1948, TALC, GRAPHITE, VERMICULITE, AND ASBESTOS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEM. 27, P. 39-4

  • Production

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES MEM. 27, P. 40

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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