The Franz Deposit is a tungsten mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 46.52361, -113.42500
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Franz Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Franz Deposit
Secondary: Franz Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: John Long Mountains Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Franz, Robert
Home Office: Philipsburg, Mont.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: John Long Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PARALLELS BEDDING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.4 TO 0.6 % WO3, 0.05 AU, 2.18 AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Huebnerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF MEAD CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, SHAFT, PITS, 580 FT BULLDOZER CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S.W., 1942, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Reference (Deposit): USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 6, 8, 15-16.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
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.
