The Fluorescent Claims is a tungsten mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 45.53, -112.85500
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Fluorescent Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fluorescent Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Rock Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Fluorescent Mines Inc. , Minerals Engineering Co.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1942
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATE AVG 26 % W03
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 MI W OF BROWNS LAKE, N SIDE OF ROCK CR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Development): 15 CLAIMS N OF ROCK CR. GARNET CL. PRODUCED 300 LB OF CONCENTRATE.
Comment (Workings): 120 FT ADIT, PITS, TRENCHES, USBM BULLDOZED IN 1943.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 127, 1972
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, J.W., 1944, UNPUBLISHED CONSULTING REPORT
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.
