Carnotite Claims

The Carnotite Claims is a uranium mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Carnotite Claims  

State:  Montana

County:  Silver Bow

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

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.