Asarco Limestone Quarry

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294422
MRDS ID W014643
MAS/MILS ID 0300430094
Record type Site
Current site name Asarco Limestone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Mcclellan Quarry, Maronick Quarry
Related records 10071316

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -111.90227, 46.5493 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Helena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(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 009 N 002 W 07 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.90227, 46.5493

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mc Clellan District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    ID 2400018
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1949
  • Type Operator
    Owner Maronick Construction Co., Inc.
    ID 2400018
    Home office Montana
    Year 1949
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Maronick Construction Co.
    ID 2400018
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 95, 1975, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129,1991,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-1993 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/2001
MSHA mine ID2400018
Mine name (MSHA)MCCLELLAN CREEK QUARRY
Current operatorMaronick Construction Llc
Current controller (parent)Edward M Maronick; Richard J Maronick
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.