Copper Mountain Deposit

Prospect in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221534
MRDS ID W026548
MAS/MILS ID 0300570049
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mountain Deposit
Alternate or previous names Copper Mountain Iron, Ramshorn Deposit, Ramshorn Iron Deposit
Related records 10096466

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES: RAMSHORN DEPOSIT, RAMSHORN IRON DEPOSIT.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.03976, 45.4249 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 005 S 004 W 01 E2W2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.03976, 45.4249

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N12E
    Dip 55W
    Thickness 170M
    Length 1500M
    Width 30M
    Area 36HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N12E:55W
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 36
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1958

Mining district

District name Rabbithole District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Morrison-Knudsen Construction
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 82HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 66
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 7.3
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 30
    Capacity 5000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 115
    Unit Production Cost 8.56
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MADISON COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    USBM-SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.57

  • Deposit

    BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT MADISON CO,MONT MB

  • Deposit

    IRON IN THE US BY CARR, GUILD, WRIGHT USGS MR-51 1967

  • Deposit

    MINERAL & WATER RESOURSES OF MONTBY RD GEACH MBMG SP-28

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-96 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references