The Watson Mine is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 8,301 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: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 45.0425, -110.60167
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Watson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Watson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Crevasse
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.3 OZ/T AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADIT AND SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-27-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23
Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE USBM. MBMG INF. CIRC. 7546
Reference (Deposit): WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSARAKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-3, P 82 37
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, G., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, JARDINE-CREVASSE MTN DIST., PARK CO., MONT, MBMG. MEM 23, P. 102.
Reference (Deposit): REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO, MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B
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.
