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Watson Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Arsenic
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019011
MRDS ID DC08181
Record type Site
Current site name Watson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.60248, 45.04241 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 2.5 MILES SE OF JARDINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ash Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 009E 22 NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.3 OZ/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.60248, 45.04241
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N12E
    Dip 5-25E
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crevasse

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, G., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, JARDINE-CREVASSE MTN DIST., PARK CO., MONT, MBMG. MEM 23, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO, MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSARAKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-3, P 82 37

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-27-1961

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM. MBMG INF. CIRC. 7546

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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