Running Wolf Deposit

Prospect in Judith Basin county in Montana, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097432
MRDS ID W014690
Record type Site
Current site name Running Wolf Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.3775, 46.98574 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position ABOUT 25 KM SOUTH OF STANFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Judith Basin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bandbox Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Judith(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(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 Judith Basin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 011E 07,08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES OF WEST LENS OF IRON ORE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS A FINE-GRAINED INTIMATE MIXTURE

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Altered To Marble, Minor Calc-Silicates

Analytical data

Result EAST LENS HAS 55% FE, 0.1% S, 0.005% CU, AND 0.01% TI
Result WEST LENS HAS 60% FE, 0.1% S, 0.02% CU, 0.01% TI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry Stock;Woodhurst Stock, Syenite Porphyry
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry Stock;Woodhurst Stock, Syenite Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.3775, 46.98574

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description At Northeast Corner Of Zone Of Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km
Type of structure Local
Structure description Stocks Connected By A Dike

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 60 S
    Length 1000M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tabular Lenses Of Ore Controlled By Local Fracture Systems Adjacent To Intrusions

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887

Mining district

District name Running Wolf District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Whittaker, Norman A.
    Home office Stanford, Mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUM OF INDICATED AND INFERRED RESOURCES

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO LENSES OCCUR, THE LARGER WEST LENS IS ABOUT 1100 FT LONG AND 15 FT WIDE, ABOUT 1200 FT TO THE EAST IS A LENS ABOUT 500 FT LONG AND 5 FT WIDE. DRILL HOLES SHOW ORE CONTINUES IN DEPTH FOR AT LEAST 200 FT.

Comments on development

  • TRENCHING, DIAMOND DRILLING, AND SAMPLING BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEMUNCK, V. C., 1956, IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. INF. CIRC. 13, 55 P.

  • Deposit

    GOODSPEED, G. E., AND FITZSIMMONS, P. J., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE IRON DEPOSITS OF THE WILLOW AND RUNNING WOLF CREEKS, MONT.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, A. F., AND ROBY, R. N., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7602, 48 P.

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP

  • Deposit

    1944 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL IRON DEPOSITS ARE IN THE AREA. DEMUNCK RESTRICTS RUNNING WOLF DEPOSIT TO SECTIONS 7 AND 8 BUT OTHER WORKERS INCLUDE SECTIONS 1-4, T 14 N, R 10 E, 32, 33 T 15 N, R 10 E, AND SECTIONS 1 AND 6, T 14 N, R 11 E. DEPOSITS DISCUSSED IN THIS FORM ARE RESTRICTED TO SECTIONS 7 AND 8, T 14 N, R 11 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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