Basin Quartz Quarry (Basin Blowout), Cataract District (Comet District; Basin District), Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 46° 16' 10'' North , 112° 13' 49'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 46.26944,-112.23028 |
GeoHash: | G#: c80pnph7h |
Locality type: | Quarry |
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
REF:Deposit:: MBMG BULL 54, P. 16-17.
Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 294-95.
Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 86.
Deposit:: USGS IC 8112, P. 23-4.
Deposit:: MBMG SP 74, P. 93-7.
Deposit:: MBMG BULL 115, P. 25.
Deposit:: 1958 GEOCHEM USBM - PUBLISHE
Production:
Commodities (Major) - Quartz
Development Status: Producer
Structure: Boulder Batholith
Host Rock: Quartz Monzonite
Tectonic Structure: Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
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1 valid mineral.
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ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
ⓘ 'Quartz-monzonite' Reference: From USGS MRDS database |
ⓘ 'commodity:Silica' Reference: From USGS MRDS database |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | 'Quartz' | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Quartz-monzonite' | - |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
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Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Quartz-monzonite' | - |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Holocene - Pleistocene 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 2073100 | Surficial deposits Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: alluvium, fan gravel, terrace gravel, landslide deposits, travertine, till, glacial lake deposits, outwash deposits Reference: Zientek, M.L., P.D. Derkey, R.J. Miller, J.D. Causet et al. Spatial Databases for the Geology of the Northern Rocky Mountains - Idaho, Montana, and Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1235 Version 1.0. [25] |
Cretaceous 66 - 145 Ma ID: 3187684 | Mesozoic intrusive rocks Age: Cretaceous (66 - 145 Ma) Lithology: Intrusive igneous rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Cretaceous 66 - 145 Ma ID: 2984479 | Granitic rock Age: Cretaceous (66 - 145 Ma) Comments: Original map source: Vuke, S.M., Porter, K.W., Lonn, J.D., and Lopez, D.A., 2007, Geologic Map of Montana - Compact Disc: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology: Geologic Map 62-C, 73 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:500,000. This map was digitized in 2012 as a result of a contract betwe Lithology: Major:{granitic} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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