| Deposit ID | 10148447 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300390336 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Franklin Hill Iron Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Old Kentuck, Courtney Manganiferous Iron Depos, Redemption Iron, Tarriff, Puritan, Hobo, Kentucky Iron Mine, Silver Lode Mines, Courtney Prospect |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.27732, 46.32239 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1842 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Granite(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Granite |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 007 N | 013 W | 31 | W2NE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Pyrolusite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.27732, 46.32239 |
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| Strike | N60E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 89E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 5HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| District name | Philipsburg |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. J. Courtney |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300390336 |
GRANITE COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS
IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA V C DEMUNCK MBMG IC-13 1956
GEO & ORE DEP OF PHILIPSBURG QUADEMMONS,CALKINS USGS PRO PAP
METAMORPHISM & ASSOC MINERLIZATION IN PBURG REGION,HOLSER GS
SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.84
SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.5
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN TRACED 1000 FEET ALONG STRIKE WHERE CUTS & PITS CAN BE ORE SHIPPED TO EAST HELENA SMELT-ER FOR FLUX SHIPPED 30,000 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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