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Mooney Claim

Occurrence in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019489
MRDS ID DC10620
Record type Site
Current site name Mooney Claim
Related records 10173137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.73506, 45.9674 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11 MILES S80W OF BUTTE., Within 3000 Ft Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buxton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 009W 32 NE OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result BLACK CHERTY QUARTZ ASSAYS UP TO 0.64 % U. 3 INCHES OF CORE ASSAYED 2.4 % U.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.73506, 45.9674
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 67.06M
    Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINOR OCCURENCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Recon Party, Expl Branch, Aec

Mining district

District name Summit Valley District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mooney, William R.
    First year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 DIAMOND DRILLHOLES DRILLED FOR EXP, 1953. 2 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 3 EXP HOLES- 80, 92, 100 FT (1953)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, 1962, USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13

  • Deposit

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COM., RME-2006, 15P.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-18-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICEOUS BRECCIA REEF- QUARTZ VEINS IN VERT FRX ZONES
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-82 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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