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General Washington Placer

Occurrence in Granite 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10019262
MRDS ID DC09338
Record type Site
Current site name General Washington Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.31425, 46.48322 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.1 KM E OF SUNRISE MINE

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;009N 014W;014N 02;35 NW OF NE (02); SE OF SE (35) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result .22 .26 .45 .53 IB/CY W, 4 TEST SPOTS.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.31425, 46.48322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weathering Of Granodiorite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henderson District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. L. Maury
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 6, 8, 20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1953 PLANS WERE MADE TO WORK THIS PLACER WITH THE HENDERSON GULCH PLACER. IT WAS PROPOSED TO UPGRADE THE MATERIAL BY A WASHING PLANT TO PLUS 1.0% WO3, THEN TO 5.0% WO3 BY A JIG PLANT, AND THEN TO PLUS 60% WO3 BY MAGNETIC SEPARATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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