Haggerty Claim

The Haggerty Claim is a tungsten and molybdenum mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,201 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: Haggerty Claim  

State:  Montana

County:  Beaverhead

Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten, Molybdenum

Lat, Long: 45.39278, -112.82222

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Haggerty Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Haggerty Claim


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Birch Creek (Utopia) 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: Dewey Haggerty
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Years: 1960 -


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: Pioneer Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: East Flank, Humbolt Mtn. Anticline, Pioneer Batholith


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: Mississippian

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.012% WO3, AND 0.009% MO.


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite


Comments

Comment (Development): CLAIM MAP APPEARS IN PATTEE (1960, P. 26)

Comment (Deposit): TUNGSTEN MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED IN IRREGULAR UNCONSOLIDATED GRAVEL. TACTITE BODIES OCCUR IN FAULTED SEGMENTS.

Comment (Location): CLAIM IS JUST EAST OF CENTER OF SECTION LINE BETWEEN 15 AND 22.

Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS WERE DRIVEN IN GRAVEL. TACTITE ZONE ON RIDGE ABOVE GRAVEL IS DEVELOPED OVER A LENGTH OF 1200 FEET BY TWO ADITS, THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND SEVERAL CUTS


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5552, P. 24-26

Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 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.