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Agnes Lode

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010759
MRDS ID D004716
Record type Site
Current site name Agnes Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03867, 45.32183 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 5 AIR MILES SE OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 006S 012W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON CREST OF EAST-WEST FORK DIVIDE, SOUTH OF 11/14 SECTION LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED NO TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pioneer Batholith
    Rock description Pioneer Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03867, 45.32183
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRACES OF A MINERAL THAT FLUORESCES SIMILAR TO SCHEELITE WERE DETECTED. MINERAL WAS TOO FINE FOR QUALATATIVE TUNGSTEN TESTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pete Piazzola
    Home office Dillon, Mt.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5552, P. 34

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 555

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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