Big Six Prospect

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094802
MRDS ID DC10659
Record type Site
Current site name Big Six Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.99257, 46.08322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 6 KM SW OF ANACONDA, JEEP TRAIL W MILL CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anaconda South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004N 011W 20 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 OF SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.16% W03 IN QUARTZ OUTCROP

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.99257, 46.08322

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Anaconda Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kovacich And Others
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS, 2 BULDOZER CUTS-E AND N OF QUARTZ OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 6334, P. 5, 10-11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROPS, 20FT WIDE, 50FT LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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