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Copper Contact Claim

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10094809
MRDS ID DC11919
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Contact Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.75782, 45.40129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF GREENSTONE MINE ON LIME GULCH

Site location context

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

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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 010W 14 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pioneer Batholith
    Rock description Pioneer Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mission Canyon
    Rock description Mission Canyon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.75782, 45.40129
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 79 E
    Dip 80 E
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FINE, SPARSELY DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE IN PARTLY DECOMPOSED FRIABLE TACTITE. STKS N79E, DIPS 80 E. 2.5 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Birch Creek (Utopia) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Erwin, C.Ellingwood, G. Divel, Dillon, Hamilton, Butte, Mt.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE CAVED. VEIN IS EXPOSED IN A PIT 4 FEET LONG AND 3 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5552, P. 16-22.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 88.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE OCCURS IN DECOMPOSED TACTITE.
Deposit A 4-FOOT CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED NO TUNGSTEN AND NO TUNGSTEN MINERALS ARE ON THE DUMPS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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