Flathead Quartzite
AKA: Alpreston Quartzite
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Flathead Quartzite ranges light reddish to an orangish red.
Texture:
Course Grain
Luster: Dull
Translucency: Opaque
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Distribution:
Flathead Quartzite is associated with the Flathead Quartzite Formation
of northwestern Wyoming and Montana. has primary outcroppings in the Elkhorn region,
Flathead Pass, and
west of Alpreston Gulch in west central Montana.
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