Sweetwater Creek U Occ

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090962
MRDS ID D011323
Record type Site
Current site name Sweetwater Creek U Occ

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24697, 45.05462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont Park Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 005W 17,08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 3000 FT S 20 W OF SPRING BROOK/SWEETWATER CR. JUNCTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1978

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Breccia

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24697, 45.05462

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WODZICKI AND KRASON, US DOE GJQ-007(81)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 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.