| Deposit ID | 10269122 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016864 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010003 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ivanhoe Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Browns Lake Tungsten |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.83699, 45.5213 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2073 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Storm Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 004 S | 010 W | 04 | NESENE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Covellite | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Powellite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Scheelite | Unknown |
| Pit (1) | -112.83699, 45.5213 |
|---|
| Strike | N50W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 35W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 146M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 34M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 20HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lost Creek District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Refractory Metals (General Electric, Cleveland,Ohio) |
| Home office | Ohio |
| Year | 1981 |
| Year | 1957 |
|---|---|
| Description | Short Tons Of Ore Produced Thru 1957 625000 Cummulative Ore Produced |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 11HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010003 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016864 | MAS references MRDS |
AMERICAN ALLOY METALS, INC., 1953, CROSS SECTION DIAGRAMS:
AMERICAN ALLOY METALS INC. (US BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL
PROPERTY FILE, WFOC)
GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT
FUELS), BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU
OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN, NO. 85, P. 124-127.
LICKS, M.R., AND MEYERS, W.B., 1957, AMERICAN ALLOY METALS
INC., BROWNS LAKE DEPOSIT (IVANHOE CLAIM): DEPT. OF
THE INTERIOR, DEFENSE MINERAL EXPLORATION (DMEA)
CONTRACT, NO. IDM-E247 (ALSO E-105 AND E-127), 28P.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA),
1970, MONTHLY NORMALS OF TERMPERATURES, PRCIPITATION,
AND HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAYS: US DEPT. OF
COMMERCE.
PATTEE, E.C., 1960, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF MONTANA: DEPOSITS
OF THE MOUNT TORREY BATHOLITH, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY: US
BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. NO. 5552, P. 6-11.
ROBY, R.N., 1953, BROWNS LAKE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT: AMERICAN
ALLOY METALS INC., WFOC BACK-UP FILES.
STOUT, KOEHLER, AND ACKERMAN, WALTER, 1957, DIRECTORY OF
MINING ENTERPRISES, 1957: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND
GEOLOGY IC 20, P. 5.
U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE, 1956, MATERIALS SURVEY (TUNGSTEN):
OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION, U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE,
P. II-7.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1952, METALURGICAL REPORT OF BROWNS
LAKE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL
PROPERTY FILE, WFOC, 3P.
-----, 1981, MINERAL PROPERTY FILES AND MINE MAP REPOSITORY,
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, WFOC.
NOTE: THIS MINE HAS BEEN ABSORBED BY THE OPEN PIT OF THE
LENTUNG MINE.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-APR-95 | Sweeney, Thomas M. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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