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Rocky Hueep Prospect

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010756
MRDS ID D004712
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky Hueep Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.84978, 45.39851 (WGS84)
Elevation 2079
Relative position 1 MI. SO. OF BIRCH CR. RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 010W 16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT CENTER OF SW 1/4, SECTION 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE TO 0.121% WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pioneer Batholith
    Rock description Pioneer Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.84978, 45.39851
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pioneer Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Birch Creek (Utopia) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. J. Stanfield
    Home office Dillon, Mt.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PITS CONTAINING SCHEELITE-BEARING QUARTZ. A 60-FT. ADIT WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE MINERALIZED ZONE BUT DID NOT REACH IT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5552, P. 28-30

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 555

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN IRREGULAR MASSES UP TO 12 MM, BUT MOST OF IT IS FINELY DISSEMINATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) 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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