The Uranium Claims is a uranium mine located in Madison 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: Uranium
Lat, Long: 45.60389, -112.59750
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Uranium Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uranium Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Melrose District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rowell, R.F., And Mclaughlin, E.E.
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, CHIMNEY LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: West Limb Of Nw-Trending Anticline
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Brecciation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BULLDOZER CUT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): APPROXIMATELY LOCATED, CENTER OF SECTION 4.
Comment (Commodity): UNIDENTIFIED MINERAL
Comment (Geology): GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTER READINGS OF CHIMNEY WERE 4 TIMES BACKGROUND. CHIP SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.030 PERCENT EQUIVALENT URANIUM AND 0.022 PERCENT URANIUM. ; GEOL.DESC: MINOR OCCURRENCE IN A CHIMNEY-LIKE DEPOSIT
Comment (Deposit): BULLDOZER CUT EXPOSES CHIMNEY. CHIMNEY CONTINUES BENEATH THE BOTTOM OF CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1953 RECON TRITES, A.F., TOOKER, E.W., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 988-
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, AP, JR, ET AL, 1962, USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13.
Reference (Deposit): TRITES AND TOOKER, 1953, USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 193.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-18-1963
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.
