| Deposit ID | 10042778 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060801 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lost Creek Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.8045, 45.48712 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2103 |
| Relative position | 5.7 MILES W. OF GLEN, MONTANA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Twin Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(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
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 004S | 010W | 14 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Result | RICHEST ORE AVERAGES 0.3% WO3 |
|---|---|
| Result | MUCH OF "ORE" AVERAGES LESS, ALSO 0.15% MO |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Pioneer Batholith | ||||||
| Rock description | Pioneer Batholith | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Amsden Formation-Limestone, Shale, Dolomite;Quadrant;Phosphoria |
| Rock description | Amsden Formation-Limestone, Shale, Dolomite;Quadrant;Phosphoria |
| (1) | -112.8045, 45.48712 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | North Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults Cut Tactite Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 21.34M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | A German Engineer |
| District name | Lost Creek District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Minerals Engineering Co. |
| Year | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1952-1956 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.18% Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060801 |
USGS MR-25
USBM RI 5552.
DMEA FILES
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1983 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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