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Headache Prospect

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10019503
MRDS ID DC10666
Record type Site
Current site name Headache Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.30174, 46.1035 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 KM NNW OF STORM LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Storm Lake(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 004N 014W 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N OF HILLTOP PROSPECT, ACCESS BY DRY CREEK ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.30174, 46.1035
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 80 SW
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Anaconda Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Meloy
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED PIT 6 FT, 9 FT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5612, P. 2, 27, 29, 40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN WITH DISSEMINATED SPECKS OF SCHEELITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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