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Colorado Gulch Deposits

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Garnet
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008780
MRDS ID D001157
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Gulch Deposits
Related records 10270306

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16755, 46.53323 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES WEST FROM HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 005W 13 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16755, 46.53323
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE NEAR QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Mountains Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A., 1933, USGS BULL. 527.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND SCHRADER, F.C., 1933, USGS BULL. 842.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD WORKINGS. NO TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION (REF. 1)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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