Cannivan Gulch Prospect

The Cannivan Gulch Prospect is a tungsten, silver, and gold mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,652 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

Name: Cannivan Gulch Prospect  

State:  Montana

County:  Beaverhead

Elevation: 8,652 Feet (2,637 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten, Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 45.65472, -112.95556

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Cannivan Gulch Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cannivan Gulch Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Quartz Hill (Vipond) 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: Arthur Semsak, Miles Tuttle, Butte, Divide
Years: 1960 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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

Form: PODS AND STRINGERS, MASSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Stock, .25 To .5 Mile Wide And 1 Mile Long


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: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE FROM SHAFT CONTAINED 2.68 % TUNGSTEN.


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Huebnerite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): NW OF NW, 22

Comment (Development): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS. EARLY PROSPECTING WAS FOR SILVER AND GOLD. TUNGSTEN CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1951. ; ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE

Comment (Deposit): WHITE QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN IN QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Comment (Workings): TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.


References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 141.

Reference (Deposit): 1960 COMPILE U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 555


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.