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Perry Canyon Tungsten

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010821
MRDS ID D004807
Record type Site
Current site name Perry Canyon Tungsten

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13004, 45.75129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 3.5 AIR MILES NE OF WATERLOO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vendome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 004W 17,18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF 17/18 SECTION LINE, IN THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.18 TO 1.12 % WO3.

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) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    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) -112.13004, 45.75129
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Trends N10w, 60-75e, High Angle Faults

Ore body information

  • Length 67.06M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Renova) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Pacific Railway Co.
    Home office Chicago, Il.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150-FT. ADIT, TO PARTIALLY CAVED SHAFTS 25 AND 40 FEET DEEP, FOUR BULLDOZER TRENCHES, AND SEVERAL HAND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, D.D., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WESTERN MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. OF INV. 6334, P. 40-41

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON U.S.B.M., REPT. INV. 633

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE ROOF PENDANT CONTAINS TACTITE AND IS TERMINATED BY HIGH ANGLE FAULTS ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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