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Carnotite Claims

Occurrence in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019963
MRDS ID DC12063
Record type Site
Current site name Carnotite Claims
Related records 10245547

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.62171, 45.67046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 3.75 AIR MILES NE OF MELROSE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickiup Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 008W 07,17 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BORDER OF SECTION 7 AND 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Brecciation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Park;Pilgrim Dolomitic Limestone
    Rock description Park;Pilgrim Dolomitic Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.62171, 45.67046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Bedding Trends N60w, 70sw.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 70 SW
    Length 15.24M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENTICULAR CHIMNEYS MINERALIZED BRECCIA ALONG FRACTURE ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Melrose (Camp Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, AP, ET AL, 1962, USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    TRITES, A.F., AND TOOKER, E.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 988-H, P. 183.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-18-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED BRECCIA OCCURS ALONG A FRACTURE ZONE BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND SHALE.
Deposit GEIGER READINGS RANGED FROM TWICE TO FOUR TIMES BACKGROUND IN THE CHIMNEYS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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