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Bobsled and O.C.J. Claims

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010833
MRDS ID D004824
Record type Site
Current site name Bobsled and O.C.J. Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05757, 45.52128 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 6 MILES SSW OF MAURICE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maurice 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 004S;003S 012W;012W 02,35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 OF NW 1/4, SECTION 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05757, 45.52128
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pioneer Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Kennedy

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKING IS AN ADIT, TRENDING N72E. ANOTHER ADIT IS 50 FT. ABOVE THIS ONE. BOTH WERE CAVED AT PORTAL (1972).

Comments on development

  • TWO PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 107

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ CONTAINS MOLYBDENITE AS THIN PLATES AND IN THIN SEAMS VEINING THE QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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