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Montana · Beaverhead County
Occurrence

Virginia Claim

Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
Tungsten
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Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeN
Ore controlTactite Zone

Materials

Ore mineralsScheelite

Geology

Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite · Pioneer Batholith
StructureShear Zone, Pioneer Batholith

Economic & production

Development statusOccurrence

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References

USBM RI 5552, P. 34-361960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 555

Identification

Deposit ID10094333
MRDS IDD004715
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates45.31656, -113.04256
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.