Mine detail: Whiteware Clay

Previously called 'Lewistown Kaolinite'

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Location: Fergus County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.16186, -109.51802
dep_id: 10078278
mrds_id: W026534
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Kaolinite
gangue: Fluorite, Graphite, Gypsum, Magnetite, Opal, Orpiment, Pyrite, Realgar, Sericite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Arkose To Kaolinite
ore_ctrl: Steeply Inclined Fault
Reporter: Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.)
hrock_unit: Kootenai Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Porphyritic Leucorhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Domal Uplift Of Sedimentary Rocks Related To Igneous Intrusion, Steeply Inclined Fault
tectonic: Area Of Isolated Uplifts In Great Plains
disc_yr: 1936
discr: Glenn C. Morton
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBY, R. N., AND ROBERTSON, A. F., 1949 , INVESTIGATION OF WHITEWARE CLAY DEPOSIT, FERGUS COUNTY, MONT.; US BUR MINES RI 4416 , 11 P.
  • Deposit:: DOUGAN, C. W., 1947 , DICKITE - CLAY DEPOSIT OF FERGUS COUNTY, MONT. BUR MINES AND GEOL. MISC. CONTR. NO. 9 , 11 P.
  • Deposit:: MILLER, R. N., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH MOCCASIN MOUNTAINS, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEM. 37 , P. 37 - 40.
  • Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL USBM RI 4416
  • Deposit:: SEE GENERAL REFERENCES
  • Deposit:: 1947 DIREXPL MONT. BUR MINES AND GEOL MISC. CONTR. 9
  • Reserve-Resource:: ROBY, R. N., AND ROBERTSON, A. F., 1949 , WHITEWARE CLAY DEPOSIT
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