Unknown U Occurance Amazon Creek

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Uranium
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 10012380
MRDS ID D007982
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown U Occurance Amazon Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12727, 46.2999 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.6 KM SW OF AMAZON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 004W 05 NW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N OF CLEVELAND MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME MATERIAL ON DUMP IS SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -112.12727, 46.2999

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 86 E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amazon District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT, SHALLOW SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCUPIES A WIDE ALTERED ZONE ABOUT 1000 FT S OF THE MAIN PART OF THE COMET-GRAY EAGLE SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-80 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.