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R and M Claims

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094813
MRDS ID DC12066
Record type Site
Current site name R and M Claims
Related records 10197412

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54394, 45.64657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 6 MI E OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickiup Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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

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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 008W 22,23,24 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNIDENTIFIED MINERAL

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Brecciation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54394, 45.64657
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, West Limb Of Nw Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS OR CHIMNEY
    Length 7.62M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTER READINGS OF LENS WERE TWICE BACKGROUND. ; GEOL.DESC: IN LENS OR CHIMNEY 3 X 25 FT., BRECCIATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Melrose (Camp Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rowell, R.F., And Mclaughlin, E.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUT, 125 FT LONG, 7 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, AP, JR, ET AL, 1962, USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 988-H, 1953, P. 183.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-18-1963

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON TRITES, A.F., TOOKER, E.W., U.S.G.S., BULL. 988-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHIP SAMPLES OF LENS CONTAIN 0.025 PERCENT EQUIVALENT URANIUM AND 0.035 PERCENT URANIUM. URANIUM MAY BE PRESENT IN A SECONDARY MINERAL. A PRIMARY URANIFEROUS DEPOSIT MAY OCCUR BENEATH OXIDIZED ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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