Stone Creek Mo

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013917
MRDS ID D010476
Record type Site
Current site name Stone Creek Mo
Alternate or previous names Stonehorse, Cob Claims
Related records 10172438

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20368, 45.68878 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 12.8 MI N 68 E OF WISDOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shaw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(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 013W 03,04,09,10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • HILLSIDE N OF STONE CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -113.20368, 45.68878

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Plutons To South And East

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE DIKES PRESENT. PLUTONIC CONTACTS WITHIN .5 MI.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Bear Creek Mining Co.

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
    First year 1978

Comments on development

  • 1 2000 FT HOLE DRILLED IN 1979. DRILLING ALSO IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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