Bear and Float Prospect

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019267
MRDS ID DC09345
Record type Site
Current site name Bear and Float Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3662, 46.44489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position SE AND ADJACENT TO BLACK PINE CLAIMS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 014W 16 CENTER OF W2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3662, 46.44489

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Marshall Creek Syncline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Pine (Combination) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Clure, William
    Home office Philipsburg, Mt. 59858

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZED SHAFT, INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 6, 8, 13-14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLOAT NEAR ONYX. OVERBURDEN NEVER PIERCED IN 55 FOOT SHAFT. DRILL HOLE SHOWED PYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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