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Mt. Cowan Molybdenum Prospect

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094786
MRDS ID DC08754
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Cowan Molybdenum Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.47581, 45.38324 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position 12 MILES SE OF EMIGRANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Cowen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 010E 22 CENTER Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.02% MOLYBDENITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip STEEP NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCATTERED MOLYBDENITE CRYSTALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Emigrant District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. Counts
    Home office Livingstone, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1945, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO., MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-28-1961

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM, INF. CIRC. 754

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP ARE FOR DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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