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Calvert

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269525
MRDS ID W016861
MAS/MILS ID 0300010002
Record type Site
Current site name Calvert
Alternate or previous names Red Button

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -113.1523, 45.84799 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foolhen 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 001 N 013 W 12 SENESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -113.1523, 45.84799
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 20M
    Length 50M
    Width 9M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 DOMELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N60W:45S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820218

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner General Electric Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1972

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 COL 1 REPRESENTS TOTAL MINE RESERVES DESCRIBED IN MAT 1 COL 2 AND INCLUDES 10% DILUTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .65
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 50
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 23
    Unit Production Cost 34.55
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 165
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS,1982, ORAL COMM.

  • Deposit

    FRASER,G.D. AND WALDROP,H.A.,1972, GEOL. MAP-WISE RIVER.

  • Deposit

    QUAD,SILVERBOW AND BEAVERHEAD COUNT.,MONT., USGS, GQ-988.

  • Deposit

    GEACH,R.D.,1972, MINES AND MIN. DEP. BEAVERHEAD COUNT. MONT.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.,BULL.85,194PP.

  • Deposit

    GOETZ,L.,1973, GEN. ELECT. CORP. ORAL COMM.

  • Deposit

    GYON,J.,1981, GEN. ELECT. CORP. ORAL COMM.

  • Deposit

    HILLMAN,C.T., 1981, NEVADA SCHEELITE MINE, MINERAL COUNT.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA, BUMINES MAS REPT. 25PP.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE,J.W.,1981, U.S.ANTIMONY CORP., PER. COMM.

  • Deposit

    MILLER,D., 1981, ARCO-ANACONDA, PER. COMM.

  • Deposit

    RUPPLE, E.T.,1978,MEDICINE LODGE THRUST SYSTEM, USGS PROF.

  • Deposit

    PAPER 1031,23PP.

  • Deposit

    SARVIS,1973, MINERALS ENGR. CORP. PER. COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    STENTZ,J.C.,1976, MIN. AND METAL RES. OF THE BEAVERHEAD NAT.

  • Deposit

    FOREST. USFS REPT. 64PP.

  • Deposit

    THORNBURY,W.D.,1965, REGIONAL GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE U.S.

  • Deposit

    JOHN WILEY AND SONS N.Y., 609PP.

  • Deposit

    UNION CARBIDE CORP.,1981, PER. COMM.

  • Deposit

    WALKER,D.D.,1963, TUNGSTEN RES. OF WEST. MONT., BUMINES R.I.

  • Deposit

    6334, 60PP.

  • Deposit

    WETZEL,N.,1981, PINE CR. AND ADAMSON TUNGSTEN MINES AND PINE

  • Deposit

    CR. CUSTOM MILL INYO COUNTY, CALF., BUMINES MAS REPT. 47PP.

  • Deposit

    ZEN,E.,MARVIN,R.F. AND MEHNERT,H.H.,1975, PRELIM. PETROGRAP-

  • Deposit

    CHEM. AND AGE DATA ON SOME INTRUSIVES AND ASSOC. META.

  • Deposit

    ROCKS, PIONEER MTNS. S.W. MONT., GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL.V.86,

  • Deposit

    P.367-370.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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