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Big Bear Prospect

Occurrence in Deer Lodge 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094778
MRDS ID DC08474
Record type Site
Current site name Big Bear Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.07785, 46.21378 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MI NE OF PAY DAY MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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)

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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 02 SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE 0.45% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation;Silver Hill Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation;Silver Hill Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.07785, 46.21378
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Hasmark And Silver Hill Formations

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Hansen And Others
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 BULDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5612, P. 2, 43, 45, 52

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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