Tungsten Mine Prospect

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Chromium
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. 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 10019431
MRDS ID DC10040
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Mine Prospect
Alternate or previous names Entrepreneur, National Tungsten, Silver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06619, 46.2735 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position RIDGE BETWEEN BIG POZEGA AND THORNTON LAKES, 0.9 KM SE OF BIG POZEGA LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pozega Lakes(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 012W 14 CENTER OF E2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FLOAT ASS. 2.08% WO315 PPM AG
Result GT 5000 PPM MN
Result 700 PPM CR
Result 1000 PPM PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Mount Powell Batholith
    Rock description Mount Powell 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 > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 35 SE
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Se-Raking Intersection Of 2 Fractures Near Center Of Vein.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. E. Charters
    Home office Deer Lodge, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • MILL ON PROPERTY, SHALLOW SHAFTS, PITS, TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 6334, P. 5, 16, 18.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    USFS FIELD RECORD

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-29-1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION APPARENTLY WAS FROM A SE-RAKING INTERSECTION OF TWO FRACTURES NEAR THE CENTER OF THE VEIN STRUCTURE.
Deposit 10 ACRES AREA EXPOSED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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.