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G. Washington Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015923
MRDS ID DB02214
Record type Site
Current site name G. Washington Mine
Alternate or previous names Member of Presients Group.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.00671, 46.44851 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI. SW OF CLANCY

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 003W 17 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 6.8 KM NNW OF JEFFERSON CITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Walls Altered To Clay And Fine-Grained Silica

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) -112.00671, 46.44851
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 80 S
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • RAISE, DRIFTS, CROSSCUT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 3 FT. WIDE IN DRIFT, 10 FT. WIDE AT THE OUTCROP THE VEIN CONSISTS OF MANY BRAIDED CHALCEDONY VEINLETS, TOWARDS THE W END OF A DRIFT THE VEINLETS BECOME INDISTINCT IN THE ALTERED ROCK WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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