The Cannivan Gulch Prospect is a tungsten, silver, and gold mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,652 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,652 Feet (2,637 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.65472, -112.95556
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Cannivan Gulch Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cannivan Gulch Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Quartz Hill (Vipond) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arthur Semsak, Miles Tuttle, Butte, Divide
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS AND STRINGERS, MASSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Stock, .25 To .5 Mile Wide And 1 Mile Long
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE FROM SHAFT CONTAINED 2.68 % TUNGSTEN.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Huebnerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NW OF NW, 22
Comment (Development): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS. EARLY PROSPECTING WAS FOR SILVER AND GOLD. TUNGSTEN CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1951. ; ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE
Comment (Deposit): WHITE QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN IN QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 141.
Reference (Deposit): 1960 COMPILE U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 555
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
