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On-Line Spatial Data
Beaverhead M in e (M R D S #10070456) T L C
Mineral Resources (http://minerals.usgs.gov/) / Online Spatial Data (http://mrdata.usgs.gov/) / Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS) (http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/)
Beaverhead Mine
Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
M ap (https://www.google.com /maps/place/45.22518,-112.30337/@ 45.22518,-112.30337,12z/data=!3m1!1e3) X M L (http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/xml/10070456) JS O N (http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/json/10 0 7 0 4 5 6 ) KM _ (http://mrdata.usgs.goV/mrds/kml/10070456)
Geologic information
Identification information D eposit ID M RDSID Record type C u rre n t site nam e A lte rn ate o r p re vio u s nam es
10070456 (http://m rdata.usgs.gov/m rds/show -m rds.php?dep_id= 10070456) W013398 Site Beaverhead Mine Sierra Strip Mine
Geographic coordinates
G e o g ra p h ic coo rdinates: E le v a tio n Relative position
-112.30337, 45.22518 (WGS84) 2414 15.8 MI N88E O F DILLON
Political divisions (FIPS codes) Madison (county) Montana (state) United States (country) North Am erica (continent) Land (continent)
USGS map quadrangles Mine G ulch (quadrangle 1:24,000 scale) Dillon (quadrangle 1:100,000 scale) Dillon (quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
B eaverhead (hydrologic unit) M issouri H eadw aters (hydrologic accounting unit) M issouri H eadw aters (hydrologic subregion) M isso u ri (hydrologic region)
Federal lands R u b y M ountains W ild e rn e ss S tu d y A re a (Wilderness Study Area) W ild e rn ess S tu d y Area BLM (Type of land area) BLM (Federal land areas administered by BLM)
Geographic areas C o u n try United States
State Montana
C o u n ty M a d iso n
Public Land Survey System information
M eridian Montana Principal
T o w n sh ip 007S
Range 006W
S e c tio n 14
F r a c tio n
S ta te Montana
Com m ents on the location information INFO FR O M LAND.ST :(1978)
Commodities C om m odity T a lc - S o a p s to n e
M aterials information http://mrdata.usg s.g ov/mrds/show- m rds.php?dep_id=10070456
Im portance Prim ary
PLA IN TIFFS
CAM-134E X H IB IT
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M aterials Talc
Host and associated rocks
H ost o r associated Rock type R ock unit nam e R o ck descriptio n S tratig rap h ic a g e (yo u n ge st)
Beaverhead M in e (M R D S #10070456) T L C
T y p e o f m aterial Ore
Host Metam orphic Rock > M etasedim entary R ock > Marble Pre Belt;Gneiss;Schist;Am phibolite Pre Belt;Gneiss;Schist;Am phibolite
Neoarch ean
Nearby scientific data
(1 ) Pre-Belt gneiss, schist, and related rocks (http://m rdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgm cu n it.p h p ?x= -l 12.30337&y= 45.22518)
List (http://mrdata.usgs.gov/general/near-point.php7x =Md|2
Geologic structures
Type Local
D escription S tee ply Inclined Faults
Regional
Minor Faults O ffset Talc Body, Possible Isoclinal Folding
Ore body information
General form S trik e Dip Depth to top W idth Length
POD N 80 E 45 NW 0M 30.48M 274.32M
Controls for ore emplacement Lithology O f Host Rock (Dolomitic Marble)
Economic information
Econom ic information about the deposit and operations D eve lopm e nt status Co m m od ity type D epo sit size Sig n ifican t
Producer N on -m e ta llic Medium No
Mining district D istrict nam e
Ruby Range
Land status O w n e rsh ip cate gory
BLM Adm inistrative Area
Ownership information
Type O w ner First y ear
O perator Cyprus Industrial Minerals, 1976
Type O w ner
Owner Cyprus Industrial Minerals
http://mrdata.usg s.g ov/mrds/show- m rds.php?dep_id=10070456
h&fa l/mdpihtml7x =-112.303378ty=45.22518&z=14) Term s
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4/4/2016 Comments on the production information
MINE HAS LESS THAN 50,000 ST MINED PER YEAR
Beaverhead M in e (M R D S #10070456) T L C
Comments on the workings information
MAJOR STRIP MINING OCCURED 1974-1976.
Comments on development
ECON.COM: OVERBURDEN MUST BE REMOVED AS MINE IS DEEPENED
Reference information
Links to other databases
Agency USGS
Database name Mineral R esources Data System
Acronym MRDS
Record ID W013398
Notes
Bibliographic references
D e p o sit OLSON, R. H., (IN PREP.) THE G E O L O G Y O F MONTANA T A LC D EPO S ES : T O BE PUBLISHED B Y THE MBMG IN THE PRO CEEDIN GS VO LUM E O F T H E ELEVEN TH FO RUM ON THE G E O L O G Y O F INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
D e p o sit GARIHAN, J. M., 1973, G E O L O G Y AND T A LC DEPOSITS O F TH E C EN TR AL R UBY RANGE, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA: UNPUB. PHD DISS. PENN. STATE UNIV.
D e p o sit BERG, R.B., 1979, TALC A f O CHLORITE DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU O F MINES AND G E O L O G Y MEMOIR 45, P.34.
General comments
Subject category
Com m ent text
D e p o s it
T A LC MAY PINCH OUT ALO NG STRIKE. BLO CKS OF UNREPLACED DOLOMITIC MARBLE AR E NUMEROUS WITHIN TH E T A L C BODY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Reporter information
Type Reporter U p d a te r
Date 01-JAN-1976 0 1-M A Y -1 98 0
Name B erg, Richard B. (K ro h n , D. H.) Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)
A ffiliatio n U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey
Comment
(http://usa.gov/)U.S. Department of the Interior (http://www.doi.gov/) | U.S. Geological Survey (http://www.usgs.gov/) Page Contact Information: Peter Schweitzer (mailto:pschweitzer@usgs.gov)
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