The Quartz Creek Silica Rock Deposit is a silica mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Silica
Lat, Long: 47.01361, -114.82333
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Quartz Creek Silica Rock Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Creek Silica Rock Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: (Unorganized)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John Evans And Victor Wright
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: South Of Montana Lineament
Type: L
Description: Quartz Is Found As Two Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CHEMICAL ANALYSIS REPORTED IN CITED REFERENCE SIO2 99.59 PERCENT, AL2O3 0.016 PERCENT, FE2O3 0.08 PERCENT, CAO 0.021 PERCENT
Comment (Geology): SOME CONTAMINATION OF QUARTZ BY FELDSPAR AND MICA CAN BE SEEN ABOVE DEPOSIT (I.E., TO THE NORTH)
Comment (Location): APPROX LOCATION, N BANK OF QUARTZ CREEK
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATED FROM OUTCROPS
Comment (Deposit): ESTIMATED THICKNESS IS 100 FEET. BOTH DIKES HAVE BASICALLY SAME STRIKE AND DIP
Comment (Workings): NO DESCRIPTION OF ANY WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): ANONYMOUS, 1972 , SILICA ROCK DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, RAW MATERIALS RESEARCH SECT. INDUSTRIAL AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT DEPT., BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC. REPORT NO. 3 P. 73 - 76
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
