Mine detail: Belt Clay

Previously called 'Kootenai Fm High Alumina ClayAnaconda Copper Mining Clay Pit'

Location:	Cascade County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long:	47.36411, -110.89255
dep_id:	10173427
mas_id:	300130001
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral:	Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Water, Free
Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
other_matl:	Illite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Lindsey, David S.
disc_yr:	1905
References:	Deposit:: BERG, R.B., D.C. LAWSON, F.P. JONES, AND R.I. SMITH, Deposit:: PROGRESS REPORT ON CLAYS AND SHALES OF MONTANA 1966-1967. Deposit:: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 70, 1968, 74 PP. Deposit:: FISHER, C.A., CLAYS IN THE KOOTENAI FORMATION NEAR BELT, MON Deposit:: IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Deposit:: BULL 340, 1907, PGS. 417-423. Deposit:: FISHER, C.A. GEOLOGY OF THE GREAT FALLS COAL FIELD, MONTANA Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 356, 1909, 85 PP. Deposit:: ROBERTSON, C.F., MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) Deposit:: CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA. U.S. BUMINES I.C. 7589, 1951, 81 Deposit:: SAHINEN, U.M., F.A. CROWLEY, SUMMARY OF MONTANA MINERAL RESO Deposit:: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 1959, 51 PP. Deposit:: SILVERMAN, A.J., AND W.L. HARRIS. STRATIGRAPHY AND ECONOMIC Deposit:: GEOLOGY OF THE GREAT FALLS-LEWISTON COAL FIELDS, CENTRAL M Deposit:: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 56, 1967, 20 PP. Deposit:: WARDE, J.M. GEOLOGY AND CLAYS OF THE KOOTENAI FORMATION OF Deposit:: MONTANA--CLAY INDUSTRY OF MONTANA. MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES Deposit:: UNPUB. M.S. THESIS, 1937.