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Sager-Murphy Prospect

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019067
MRDS ID DC08473
Record type Site
Current site name Sager-Murphy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.04313, 46.20933 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.0 KM NNW OF WEST VALLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • RIDGE E OF OLSEN MT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone;Maywood Formation
    Rock description Jefferson Lst;Maywood Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.04313, 46.20933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 45 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 20 Ft Wide Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. M. Murphy
    Home office Missoula Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHAFT, PITS AND TRENCHES. 2 DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN NE FROM THE CROSSCUT ADIT AT POINTS 160 AND 230 FT FROM THE PPRTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    USBM R1 6334, P. 5,12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1-5 IN QUARTZ STRINGERS, A FEW SCATTERED GRAINS OF SCHEELITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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