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Old Tim Mo

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013914
MRDS ID D010472
Record type Site
Current site name Old Tim Mo
Related records 10220522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2109, 45.41656 (WGS84)
Elevation 2487
Relative position 10.0 MI N70E OF JACKSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maverick Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(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 004S 013W 04,09 S2 (04); S2 (09) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 9.8 MI S60W OF ELKHORN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Breccia

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Missoula
    Rock description Missoula
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2109, 45.41656
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer Cyprus Expl.

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Teck Corp.
    First year 1980

Comments on development

  • FOUND DURING REGIONAL GEOCHEM RECON. SEVERAL DRILLHOLES DRILLED IN EARLY 1970'S AND AROUND 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD NOTES - R.C. PEARSON, USGS, DENVER, COLO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CUT ALTERED QUARTZITE BRECCIA
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1960'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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