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Armor Creek Mo

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013911
MRDS ID D010467
Record type Site
Current site name Armor Creek Mo
Alternate or previous names Odell Claim Gp.
Related records 10245110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.17507, 45.53822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 14.5 MI S68E OF WISDOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Odell Lake(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 012W 26 CENTER OF S2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI NW OF SEYMORE MTN SUMMIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1971
Discoverer Cyprus Expl. Co.

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cyprus Exploration, Minerals Exploration Co.

Comments on development

  • 86 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, EXPLORATORY DRILLING CONDUCTED IN 1970'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, R., 1983, FIELD NOTES, DENVER COLO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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