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Cannivan Gulch Prospect

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010817
MRDS ID D004802
Record type Site
Current site name Cannivan Gulch Prospect
Related records 10294199

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95646, 45.65461 (WGS84)
Elevation 2637
Relative position 9.5 AIR MILES SOUTH OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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 002S 011W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF NW, 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE FROM SHAFT CONTAINED 2.68 % TUNGSTEN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Lcret-Tert Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Lcret-Tert Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.95646, 45.65461
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stock, .25 To .5 Mile Wide And 1 Mile Long

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND STRINGERS, MASSES
    Strike NE
    Dip 79 SE
    Length 59.44M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur Semsak, Miles Tuttle, Butte, Divide
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS. EARLY PROSPECTING WAS FOR SILVER AND GOLD. TUNGSTEN CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1951. ; ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 555

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN IN QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1994 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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