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Uranium Claims

Occurrence in Madison 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094810
MRDS ID DC11984
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59838, 45.60379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nez Perce Hollow(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 008W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY LOCATED, CENTER OF SECTION 4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNIDENTIFIED MINERAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Brecciation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59838, 45.60379
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Limb Of Nw-Trending Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, CHIMNEY LIKE
    Strike N 05 W
    Dip 85 SW
    Length 4.57M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Cutting Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTER READINGS OF CHIMNEY WERE 4 TIMES BACKGROUND. CHIP SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.030 PERCENT EQUIVALENT URANIUM AND 0.022 PERCENT URANIUM. ; GEOL.DESC: MINOR OCCURRENCE IN A CHIMNEY-LIKE DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Melrose District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rowell, R.F., And Mclaughlin, E.E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TRITES AND TOOKER, 1953, USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 193.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON TRITES, A.F., TOOKER, E.W., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 988-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BULLDOZER CUT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit BULLDOZER CUT EXPOSES CHIMNEY. CHIMNEY CONTINUES BENEATH THE BOTTOM OF CUT

Reporter information

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

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