Clark Property

Occurrence in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019514
MRDS ID DC10731
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.46616, 45.86101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 10 MILES SOUTH OF BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pipestone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 007W 03,04 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result BEST ASSAY GAVE 0.44% MO SULFIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Lcret-Tert Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Lcret-Tert Butte Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.46616, 45.86101

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 0.44% MO SULFIDE AT BEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pipestone Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S., 1963, MINERAL AND WATER RES. OF MONTANA: MOLYBDENUM SECTION, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-09-1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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