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Sheep Creek Iron

Producer in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078292
MRDS ID W026556
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Creek Iron
Alternate or previous names Black Butte Richmond, Vulcan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95502, 46.76185 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position 15 AIRLINE MILES NORTH OF WHITE SULFUR SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strawberry Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 006E 34,26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 27 MILES SW OF NEIHART (BY ROAD)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOODSPEED REPORTS 28 TO 44 PERCENT FE OPERATORS NOW PRODUCE 57 TO 60 PERCENT FE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95502, 46.76185
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle East - Trending Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 89 DEG E
    Dip 0 DEG TO 10 DEG.
    Thickness 5.49M
    Length 396.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones And Veins Which Intersect Belt Shale Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRON MINERALS ARE MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1975

Mining district

District name Tenderfoot - Sheep Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. And S Iron Co. Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Potter And R. Borland

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Material FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^57 To 60 Percent Fe (Est)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Iron Iron 59wt-pct
  • Year 1976
    Material FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^57 To 60 Percent Fe (Est)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Iron Iron 59wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.04HA
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SIZE OF WORKINGS (SUMMER OF 1975) ARE ESTIMATED ABOVE, HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL STRIPPING AND MINING HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE SO THE SURFACE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY INCREASED

Comments on development

  • GOODSPEED OPEN FILE REPORT TABULATES ANALYTIC RESULTS ON 10 SAMPLES ANALYZED FOR FE, INSOL, SULFUR, & PHOSPHORUS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1949 , INVESTIGATION OF THE SHEEP CREEK IRON DEPOSITS, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONT.: US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4400 , 9 P.

  • Deposit

    ROBY, R. N., 1950 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) MEAGHER COUNTY, MONT.: US BUREAU OF MINES IC 7540 , P. 33 , 34.

  • Deposit

    DE MUNCK, V. C., 1956 , IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 13 , 49 P. 34 - 37.

  • Deposit

    GOODSPEED, G.E., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON IRON ORE DEPOSITS NEAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 15 P.

  • Deposit

    1943 COMPILE GOODSPEED, G. E., OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1948 COMPILE USBM PUBLISHED INF. CIRC.

  • Deposit

    1949 COMPILE USBM PUBLISHED INF. CIRC.

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE MBMG PUBLISHED REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit R & S MINING COMPANY OF RADERSBURG HAS PRODUCING ABOUT 200 TPD FROM THE PROPERTY SINCE 1975
Deposit PRESENT OPERATORS REPORT ORE SHIPPED TO TRIDENT CEMENT PLANT CONTAINS 57 TO 60 PERCENT TOTAL FE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Johns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

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