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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