The Haggerty Claim is a tungsten and molybdenum mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 45.39278, -112.82222
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Haggerty Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Haggerty Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Birch Creek (Utopia) 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: Dewey Haggerty
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Type: L
Description: East Flank, Humbolt Mtn. Anticline, Pioneer Batholith
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: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.012% WO3, AND 0.009% MO.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Comments
Comment (Development): CLAIM MAP APPEARS IN PATTEE (1960, P. 26)
Comment (Deposit): TUNGSTEN MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED IN IRREGULAR UNCONSOLIDATED GRAVEL. TACTITE BODIES OCCUR IN FAULTED SEGMENTS.
Comment (Location): CLAIM IS JUST EAST OF CENTER OF SECTION LINE BETWEEN 15 AND 22.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS WERE DRIVEN IN GRAVEL. TACTITE ZONE ON RIDGE ABOVE GRAVEL IS DEVELOPED OVER A LENGTH OF 1200 FEET BY TWO ADITS, THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND SEVERAL CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5552, P. 24-26
Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 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.
