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Franz Deposit

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097774
MRDS ID D001153
Record type Site
Current site name Franz Deposit
Alternate or previous names Franz Prospect
Related records 10123579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.42592, 46.5235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4 MI W UP A LOGGING ROAD FROM LOWER WILLOW ROAD CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harvey Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 015W 24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF MEAD CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.4 TO 0.6 % WO3, 0.05 AU, 2.18 AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Missoula Group;Missoula Group;Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group;Missoula Group;Missoula Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.42592, 46.5235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PARALLELS BEDDING
    Length 176.78M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name John Long Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Franz, Robert
    Home office Philipsburg, Mont.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 29.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, SHAFT, PITS, 580 FT BULLDOZER CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 6, 8, 15-16.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., 1942, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-73 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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