The Adams Peak Claims is a mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.47611, -112.80167
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Adams Peak Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Adams Peak Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Lost Creek 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: R And H Meine, D. Guidici
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Pioneer Batholith, Faults Cut Skarn, Bedding Trends N-S, 60 E
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn, Marble
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE OUT OF FOUR TRENCH GRAB SAMPLES SHOWED A TRACE OF TUNGSTEN.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST 1/2 OF NE 1/4, SECTION 23
Comment (Deposit): CALC-SKARN
Comment (Development): NINE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): TWO BULLDOZER TRENCHES, PITS, AND A SHALLOW ADIT ON THE UPPER TRENCH.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON U.S. B.M., REPT, INV. 555
Reference (Deposit): PATTEE, E.C., 1960, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF MONT; MT. TORREY BATHOLITH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 5552, P. 12
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.
