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Black Lion Mo

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. 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 10090155
MRDS ID D010471
Record type Site
Current site name Black Lion Mo
Related records 10124087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.01257, 45.631 (WGS84)
Elevation 2576
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 21.0 MI N87E OF WISDOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stine Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 011W 30 CENTER OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN UPPER FORKS OF BOULDER CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 65
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 65

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzite
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer Cyprus Mines (Amoco Mins.)

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amoco Minerals Co.
    Home office Englewood, Co.

Comments on development

  • AT LEAST 4 HOLES DRILLED 1978-82.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD NOTES - R.C. PEARSON, USGS, DENVER, COLO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1960'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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