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Stonehorse Moly Prospect

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172438
MRDS ID D010476
MAS/MILS ID 0300010577
Record type Site
Current site name Stonehorse Moly Prospect
Alternate or previous names Baggins Claims, Frudo Claims, Pioneer Claims, Stone Creek Moly, Cob Group
Related records 10013917

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -113.2037, 45.68879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2728
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shaw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(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

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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 013 W 04 SESESE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THE STONEHORSE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF CLAIMS LOCATED IN SECS. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, T. 2 S., R. 13 W., AND SECS. 33, 34, T. 1 S., R. 13 W. GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING BY BEAR CREEK MINING CO. FOUND MOLY VALUES AS HIGH AS 490 PPM. ALSO FOUND A 200 ACRE ANOMALOUS AND SEVERAL SMALLER ZONES WHERE THE MOLY VALUES WERE 50 PPM. THE ANAMOLOUS ZONES ALSO COINCIDE WITH AREAS OF MORE INTENSE QUARTZ VEINING. LOCATION IS CENETER OF LARGE CLAIM BLOCK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -113.2037, 45.68879
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 4-81, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 8-706, P. 6 AND FIG. 1.

  • Deposit

    USGS MF 1585-A, P. 14.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-1994 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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