Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-08
LOCATE Markets
FOR M0NTANA'S
MINOR Minerals
Dr.. Donald W. McGlashon
Continues Big Job Looking
to Commercial Development
of Hitherto Little Used Ores.
STATE GEOLOGIC MAP


In 1e49.
-Butte.-With eleven men
In both the field and offices, prog
ress is being mode by Montana Bu-
reou Of Mines and Geology. not only
in cleaning up the program which wos
Interrupted by the war. but subston-
tioI work is being done on present pro-
grams as we'll. This is the report Of
Francis A. Thomson, director Of the
Bureau and President, Montana School
Of Mines.
Eugene S. Perry. chief eeoloeist, Is
completing q series Of monographs on
non-metolic mineral occurrences In
various ports Of Montana. Among
the items on this program ore tolc,
vermieuIite. graphite, gypsum. phos-
phote rock, cement and other less de-
veloPed minerals or rocks.
This phase of the Bureaus pro-
orom ties in with the special work be-
ing done by Donald w. McGIoshon,
who is devotine much time and effort
to locating markets in other stotes for
many Of Montono's less widely known
minerals. He is also mokine every
effort to complete an accumulation Of
protesting projects which were stort-
ed earlier in the yeor. For months
Mr.. MeGloshon hos also been making
laboratory tests looking to preparation
Of minerals which ore known to exist
in commercial quantities in Montana,
but so for have not been developed
either for lack Of market or lack Of
adequate preparation looking to pro-
duction on competitive bosis with
other ports Of the world.
Charles J. lyden is continuing his
work on possible additional gold ploe-
or oreos Of Montana. with the view
Of spottine those which were inode-
quoteIy worked by the pioneers or pos
sibIy overlooked by modern dredee
operators.
Thor Korlstrom who devoted Lost
summer to q field study Of the eeol-
oey and ore deposits Of the Heclo
bryant District is now compiling his
notes and completing the report. This
is the first Of series of reports on
ore deposits in sedmentory rocks in
Montana. The end sought is to Of
tempt O correlation Of stroto in vor-
ious oreos Of this type which oppeor
to have structures favorable to the &C.
currence of further ore bodies.
Peemotite bikes, which ore found
in Madison county especially, ore the
subject Of q study Of E. w. Heinrich.
These bikes ore the principal sources
Of mica and feldspor and some rore
minerals. Already economic possibiI-
tiles have been indicated and will be
followed looking to practical develop
ment.
DiIip K. Dos is now the Bureau
onolyst and is eorryine on loboro-
tory determinations, part Of the
Bureaus work for many years. Mr..
Dos received his moster's degree at
the "Broden Commencement"
The Highland gold area in Silver
Bow county. which was being mapped
and studied by U. M. Sohinen until
he went owoy to war is q project on
which Mr.. Sohinen is once more OF
work.
Among the more ambitious pro-
grams Of the Bureau Is O new and
complete geologic map Of Montana,
to be done in coIors. Clyde p Ross
and Robert A. Harris Of the United
Stotes Geological Survey, which is CO.
operating with the Bureau on this
project. ore completing work on eops
in the project 1t is expected thot
droftine Of this may will be done DUR
ing the winter. Due to Montono's
complex geology and the size Of the
stote this map will take time and de-
toiled effort to prepare but its final
publication will be completed within
year, it is hoped.
kelso D. Lynn, who hos been on
the stoff in charge Of field work In
the program Of did to small mines,
and has oided in the protesting part
Of this program. hos resigned os Of
July to become manager Of the Iron
Mask mine. Kelly" as everybody
knows him. is O first-cIoss operator.
His appointment oueurs we'll for the
future Of the Iron Mask. He hos
done on excellent job in this small
mine program, and if the operators
will follow his counsel the chances Of
these prospects developing into real
producers will be definitely increased.
Oscar A. Dinemon Of the mining
faculty will carry on this program dur
ing the present field season. Ding
man is another hord-boiled experience
ed operator and his advice will be vol
uobIe if followed. Operators Of small
properties who desire his assistance in
planning their development should
write Immediately, either to Mr.. Ding
man or to the directors office at
Montana School of Mines. It is not
possible to operate this service like
fire department, doshine here and
there whenever there is on alarm, but
plons for an orderly itinerory must be
made In advance, so thot properties
to be visited may be grouped by dis
tricts. II will probably not be pos
sibIe to visit given district more
than once In the course Of q field