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Haggerty Claim

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. 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 10019914
MRDS ID DC11922
Record type Site
Current site name Haggerty Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82311, 45.39268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF INDIAN QUEEN MINE

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 15,22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM IS JUST EAST OF CENTER OF SECTION LINE BETWEEN 15 AND 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.012% WO3, AND 0.009% 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) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.82311, 45.39268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Flank, Humbolt Mtn. Anticline, Pioneer Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone, Tungsten-Hearing Carbonate Sand In Alluvium.

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dewey Haggerty
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS WERE DRIVEN IN GRAVEL. TACTITE ZONE ON RIDGE ABOVE GRAVEL IS DEVELOPED OVER A LENGTH OF 1200 FEET BY TWO ADITS, THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND SEVERAL CUTS

Comments on development

  • CLAIM MAP APPEARS IN PATTEE (1960, P. 26)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5552, P. 24-26

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 555

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGSTEN MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED IN IRREGULAR UNCONSOLIDATED GRAVEL. TACTITE BODIES OCCUR IN FAULTED SEGMENTS.

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

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