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Sheep Mountain Tungsten Prospect

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123520
MAS/MILS ID 0300010070
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Mountain Tungsten Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cannivan Gulch Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.9567, 45.65659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2636
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(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

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 002 S 011 W 15 SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.9567, 45.65659
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cyprus Exploration Co.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY REPORT NO. 73, 1952, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85, 1972, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5552, 1960.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-APR-1994 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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