Proppant Research Group
The data displayed below were collected during a joint project between the following departments at Montana Tech of The University of Montana: Geophysical Engineering and the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. The samples represent sandstones collected and analyzed for their potential use as proppant material.
| Reference | Weed, W.H.,1900,Geology of the Little Belt Mountains, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report no. 20, 1899-99, pt. 3, p. 284-318 |
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| Unit Symbol | Name | Township | Range | Section | 1/4 Section | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Geomethod | Datum | Page Number | Sub Unit Id | Sandstone Description | Grain Size | Cementation | Roundness | Sorting | Thickness (ft) | Suitability |
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| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 14 | A | Belt Creek 8 miles South of Monarch, NE. 1/4 sec. 14, the SW. 1/4 sec. 13, the N. 1/2 sec. 24, and t | 47.0635279527 | -110.7983839735 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Quartzite, white | 1.5 | no | |||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 14 | A | 47.0635279527 | -110.7983839735 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | sandstone, rust, rotten | 5 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 14 | A | 47.0635279527 | -110.7983839735 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | sandstone, dirty white - buff, flaggy | 15 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 14 | A | 47.0635279527 | -110.7983839735 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Sandstone, fissile, impure, purple, rust colored | 30 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 14 | A | 47.0635279527 | -110.7983839735 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | quartzite, flaggy | 6 | no | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 14 | A | 47.0635279527 | -110.7983839735 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | quartzite, vitreous, hard, massive, knotty, | 60 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 14 | A | 47.0635279527 | -110.7983839735 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Sandstones, dark red and ferruginous | maybe | |||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 13 | C | Belt Creek 8 miles South of Monarch, NE. 1/4 sec. 14, the SW. 1/4 sec. 13, the N. 1/2 sec. 24, and t | 47.0562162725 | -110.7879600825 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Quartzite, white | 1.5 | no | |||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 13 | C | 47.0562162725 | -110.7879600825 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | sandstone, rust, rotten | 5 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 13 | C | 47.0562162725 | -110.7879600825 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | sandstone, dirty white - buff, flaggy | 15 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 13 | C | 47.0562162725 | -110.7879600825 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Sandstone, fissile, impure, purple, rust colored | 30 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 13 | C | 47.0562162725 | -110.7879600825 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | quartzite, flaggy | 6 | no | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 13 | C | 47.0562162725 | -110.7879600825 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | quartzite, vitreous, hard, massive, knotty, | 60 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 13 | C | 47.0562162725 | -110.7879600825 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Sandstones, dark red and ferruginous | maybe | |||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 24 | Belt Creek 8 miles South of Monarch, NE. 1/4 sec. 14, the SW. 1/4 sec. 13, the N. 1/2 sec. 24, and t | 47.0454017351 | -110.782701838 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Quartzite, white | 1.5 | no | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 24 | 47.0454017351 | -110.782701838 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | sandstone, rust, rotten | 5 | maybe | |||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 24 | 47.0454017351 | -110.782701838 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | sandstone, dirty white - buff, flaggy | 15 | maybe | |||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 24 | 47.0454017351 | -110.782701838 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Sandstone, fissile, impure, purple, rust colored | 30 | maybe | |||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 24 | 47.0454017351 | -110.782701838 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | quartzite, flaggy | 6 | no | |||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 24 | 47.0454017351 | -110.782701838 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | quartzite, vitreous, hard, massive, knotty, | 60 | maybe | |||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 24 | 47.0454017351 | -110.782701838 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Sandstones, dark red and ferruginous | maybe | ||||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 25 | D | Belt Creek 8 miles South of Monarch, NE. 1/4 sec. 14, the SW. 1/4 sec. 13, the N. 1/2 sec. 24, and t | 47.0271989496 | -110.777186295 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Quartzite, white | 1.5 | no | |||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 25 | D | 47.0271989496 | -110.777186295 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | sandstone, rust, rotten | 5 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 25 | D | 47.0271989496 | -110.777186295 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | sandstone, dirty white - buff, flaggy | 15 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 25 | D | 47.0271989496 | -110.777186295 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Sandstone, fissile, impure, purple, rust colored | 30 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 25 | D | 47.0271989496 | -110.777186295 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | quartzite, flaggy | 6 | no | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 25 | D | 47.0271989496 | -110.777186295 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | quartzite, vitreous, hard, massive, knotty, | 60 | maybe | ||||||
| _f | Belt Creek | 15N | 07E | 25 | D | 47.0271989496 | -110.777186295 | TRS-SEC | NAD83 | 285 | Sandstones, dark red and ferruginous | maybe | |||||||
| *Ms | Utica | North Side of Judith River near Utica | 297 | sandstone, granular, friable, soft-rock with massive, round weathering outcrop. | 10 | yes |