Mary Tait Prospect

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Uranium, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012371
MRDS ID D007972
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Tait Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03421, 46.49018 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 11.2 KM N OF JEFFERSON CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 003W 31 SE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF LUMP GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.028 % EQUIVALENT URANIUM, 0.020 % U.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder 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) -112.03421, 46.49018

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Length 804.65M
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CHALCEDONIC MATERIAL ON DUMP IS RADIOACTIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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