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Ironside Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014499
MRDS ID D011302
Record type Site
Current site name Ironside Mine
Alternate or previous names Ironsides

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04809, 45.92212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692
Relative position 1.0 MI N35 E OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 004W 13 CENTER OF E2 OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson
    Rock description Greyson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04809, 45.92212
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period 1918-1949
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12.5%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 13wt-pct
  • Year 1950
    Period 1917-1950
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.8%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 2wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINQUIST, A, 1966 M.S, BUTTE, MT. COLL. OF MIN. SCI. AND TECH, PL 2.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, 1960, P. 116.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 116.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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