The Carnotite Claims is a uranium mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 45.67056, -112.62083
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Carnotite Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carnotite Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Melrose (Camp Creek) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
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: Highland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Limestone Bedding Trends N60w, 70sw.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Brecciation
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR BORDER OF SECTION 7 AND 17.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED BRECCIA OCCURS ALONG A FRACTURE ZONE BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND SHALE.
Comment (Workings): THREE PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LENTICULAR CHIMNEYS MINERALIZED BRECCIA ALONG FRACTURE ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): GEIGER READINGS RANGED FROM TWICE TO FOUR TIMES BACKGROUND IN THE CHIMNEYS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, AP, ET AL, 1962, USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13.
Reference (Deposit): TRITES, A.F., AND TOOKER, E.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 988-H, P. 183.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-18-1963
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.
