Waterhole Claims

The Waterhole Claims is a uranium mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 3,681 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

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Site Name

Primary: Waterhole Claims

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Montana
County: Mineral

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Osburn Fault Zone

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Fault (Unnamed)

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): 1.5 MI SE OF CRUZANE MOUNTAIN, CLOSE TO ST. REGIS RIVER

References

Reference (Deposit): WEIS, PAUL L., ARMSTRONG, FRANK C., ROSENBLUM, SAMUEL, 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1074-B, P. 21

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ROBERT E. AND HOSTERMAN, JOHN W., 1956, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY MONTANA: USGS BULL 1027-M, 37 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE 02-10-1961

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-10-1961

Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON PAUL L. WEIS, FRANK C. ARMSTRONG, SAMUEL ROSENBLUM, USGS BULL 1074-B

Reference (Deposit): DIREXPL U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (NO ORE PRODUCED)

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.