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Cliff Prospect

Occurrence in Granite 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019433
MRDS ID DC10043
Record type Site
Current site name Cliff Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13008, 46.21822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(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 005N 012W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 M. W OF STRAW HAT. ; 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lost Creek Granite Stock
    Rock description Lost Creek Granite Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13008, 46.21822
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lost Creek Granite Stock
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike S 40 W
    Dip 78-90 E
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Granite And Lst

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johnson Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CAVED AD ITS, BULLDOZER CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5612, P. 2, 43, 45, 50, 51.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN A NARROW SILICEOUS BAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 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.

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