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Straw Hat 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019435
MRDS ID DC10046
Record type Site
Current site name Straw Hat Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11563, 46.23045 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.75MI S OF FOX MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 012W 33 E2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF LOW KNOB. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Fracture Planes, And Bands

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 Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11563, 46.23045
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Scheelite Found In Fracture Planes And Narrow Bands In The Granite

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Meloy And Others

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CAVED SHAFTS, W OF KNOB A BULLDOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 43, 45, 50.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-08-1968

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

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

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