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Iron King Claim

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011227
MRDS ID D005566
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Claim
Alternate or previous names Lepp, Sunbeam

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1217, 45.77351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 3 AIR MILES SOUTH OF RENOVA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitehall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 005W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER, SOUTH 1/2 OF SOUTH 1/2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF MAGANIFEROUS STREAK ASSAYED 32.7% MN, 17.8% FE, REMAINDER FE OXIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wolsey Shale
    Rock description Wolsey Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1217, 45.77351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 48 W
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Renova) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Louis And Ella Lepp, Whitehall
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS SHIPPED TO BUTTE AROUND 1900 FOR USE AS FLUX.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 80 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1919, SOME MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 690-C, P. 131-143.

  • Deposit

    DMEA FILE 1566X

  • Production

    18 ST OF 19.2% MN ORE SHIPPED IN WW2 BY JACKMAN-OGLE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON ORE BED RANGES 4-8 FT WIDE, WITH IRREGULAR STREAK IN CENTER RICH IN MN OXIDES. OUTCROP OF DEPOSIT REPORTEDLY TRACEABLE HUNDREDS OF FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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