Mine detail: Petty Creek Quartz

Previously called 'White Cap Quartz Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.89932, -114.46264

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silica
Ore:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Missoula Group Argillite
Host type:	Argillite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	South Of Montana Lineament, Quartz Forms Two Ribs Trending Near East - West, Cutting Argillite And Andesite

References

MRDS	W026563
DEP	10089455
Reference	{Deposit:: CHELINI, J. M. 1966 , SOME HIGH - PURITY QUARTZ DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 54 P. 30 - 32}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1972 , SILICA ROCK DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, RAW MATERIALS SECTION INDUSTRIAL AND REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT, BURLINGTON NORTHERN, ST. PAUL, MINN. REPORT NO. 3 P. 69 - 72}
Reporter	Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg