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Gold Nugget Claim

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019913
MRDS ID DC11921
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Nugget Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82033, 45.39601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position ACROSS CREEK FROM INDIAN QUEEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 010W 15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SE 1/4, SECT. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.026% WO3 AND 0.046% MO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pioneer Batholith
    Rock description Pioneer Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation
    Rock description Madison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.82033, 45.39601
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Birch Creek (Utopia) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Hein
    Home office Dillon
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 37.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT AND A LATERAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5552, P. 24

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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