Mine detail: Ivanhoe Mine

Previously called 'Browns Lake Tungsten'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.5213, -112.83699

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Other material: Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Garnet, Powellite, Quartz, Scheelite

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDSW016864
MAS300010003
DEP10269122
Reference{Deposit:: AMERICAN ALLOY METALS, INC., 1953, CROSS SECTION DIAGRAMS:}{Deposit:: AMERICAN ALLOY METALS INC. (US BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL}{Deposit:: PROPERTY FILE, WFOC)}{Deposit:: GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT}{Deposit:: FUELS), BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU}{Deposit:: OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN, NO. 85, P. 124-127.}{Deposit:: LICKS, M.R., AND MEYERS, W.B., 1957, AMERICAN ALLOY METALS}{Deposit:: INC., BROWNS LAKE DEPOSIT (IVANHOE CLAIM): DEPT. OF}{Deposit:: THE INTERIOR, DEFENSE MINERAL EXPLORATION (DMEA)}{Deposit:: CONTRACT, NO. IDM-E247 (ALSO E-105 AND E-127), 28P.}{Deposit:: NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA),}{Deposit:: 1970, MONTHLY NORMALS OF TERMPERATURES, PRCIPITATION,}{Deposit:: AND HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAYS: US DEPT. OF}{Deposit:: COMMERCE.}{Deposit:: PATTEE, E.C., 1960, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF MONTANA: DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: OF THE MOUNT TORREY BATHOLITH, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY: US}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. NO. 5552, P. 6-11.}{Deposit:: ROBY, R.N., 1953, BROWNS LAKE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT: AMERICAN}{Deposit:: ALLOY METALS INC., WFOC BACK-UP FILES.}{Deposit:: STOUT, KOEHLER, AND ACKERMAN, WALTER, 1957, DIRECTORY OF}{Deposit:: MINING ENTERPRISES, 1957: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY IC 20, P. 5.}{Deposit:: U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE, 1956, MATERIALS SURVEY (TUNGSTEN):}{Deposit:: OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION, U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE,}{Deposit:: P. II-7.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1952, METALURGICAL REPORT OF BROWNS}{Deposit:: LAKE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL}{Deposit:: PROPERTY FILE, WFOC, 3P.}{Deposit:: -----, 1981, MINERAL PROPERTY FILES AND MINE MAP REPOSITORY,}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, WFOC.}{Deposit:: NOTE: THIS MINE HAS BEEN ABSORBED BY THE OPEN PIT OF THE}{Deposit:: LENTUNG MINE.}
ReporterSweeney, Thomas M.