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Virginia Claim

Occurrence in Beaverhead 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. 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 10094333
MRDS ID D004715
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.04256, 45.31656 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 5 1/4 AIR MILES SE OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF W2, 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED NO TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pioneer Batholith
    Rock description Pioneer Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.04256, 45.31656
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone, Pioneer Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • TACTITE CONTAINS A FINE, DISSEMINATED MINERAL THAT FLUORESCES LIKE SCHEELITE OR POWELLITE, BUT IS TO FINE FOR QUALATATIVE TUNGSTEN TESTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. O. Schleicher
    Home office Dillon, Mt.
    First year 1960

Comments on development

  • ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5552, P. 34-36

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO FAULTED SEGMENTS OF TACTITE AND TACTITE FRAGMENTS IN A SHEAR ZONE OCCUR IN GRANODIORITE

Reporter information

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

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