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Iron Mask Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010486
MRDS ID D004162
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mask Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.85, 47.25833 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.5 MI SE OF KEYSTONE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quinns Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017N 026W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF GLEN METALS PROPERTY.
  • Political location in record is Mineral county. Lat/long plots in Missoula county. Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 47-15-24N 114-46-33W (47.25667 -114.77583); UTM N<blank> E<blank> Z<blank>; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 017N, RNG 026W, Sect 01, Sect_fract <blank>. PLSS coordinates center of section 1 plot at 47 15 40N, 114 51W which agrees very closely with the relative position description of 3.5 MI SE OF KEYSTONE PEAK. Original lat/long agree with the location comment "JUST WEST OF GLEN METALS PROPERTY". However, 10094314 Glen Metals Mining Co. Mine also had a disagreement between lat/long and county name and was likely misplotted. MRDS contains two more mines said to be in the the Carter district. They lie 4 km WNW and 2 km SSW of the PLSS location. Geonames has no entry for Carter in Mineral or Missoula counties. These two other Carter district mines have agreement between the PLSS, lat/long, and county name fields. So it is likely the PLSS coordinates for this mine and the Glen Metals mine are correct, so they were used to create new lat/long coordinates in the SE part of section 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.85, 47.25833
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Strata Dips From A Few Degrees To Nearly 90 Degrees Sw Strikes Nw By Se

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip S
    Width 19.81M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer J. B. Hunter

Mining district

District name Carter District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 975.36M
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on development

  • THIS PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, TWO MILL SITES AND TWO WATER RIGHTS (IN 1911)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROWE, J. P.; GEOLOGY AND ORES OF THE CARTER DISTRICT, MONTANA, MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, P. 582, 9/23/11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN STRIKES NEARLY E-W AND DIPS SOUTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 24-JUL-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

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