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Iron Mountain-Camp Ni-Cu Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221955
MAS/MILS ID 0300970064
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain-Camp Ni-Cu Deposit
Alternate or previous names Stillwater West, Camp Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.0758, 45.40822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2900
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picket Pin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillwater(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 S 013 E 12 SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Schist
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 25E
    Thickness 65M
    Length 1000M
    Width 85M
    Depth to top 50M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N70W:25E
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840928

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1968

Mining district

District name Stillwater

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Exploration, Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Denver, Co
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amoco Minerals Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office Denver, Co
    Year 1983
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pgm Co.
    Home office Denver, Co
    Year 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1 IS CUMULATIVE. ALL QUANTITIES ARE ESTIMATED FROM AMAX COMPANY REPORTS. MINE AND BENEFICATION PLANS AND COSTS ARE BASED ON DEMONSTRATED TONNAGE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 30HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 77
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 5000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 340
    Unit Production Cost 6.65
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1984
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 30HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 77
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 5000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 340
    Unit Production Cost 6.65
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMAX EXPLORATION CO. CONFIDENTIAL PRELIM. FEASIBILITY STUDY

  • Deposit

    (EST. DATE 1974), 13 PP.

  • Deposit

    BOW, C.D. ETAL. INVEST. OF THE HOWLAND REEF: MINNEAPLOIS

  • Deposit

    AREA. ECON. GEOL. V. 77, 1982, PP. 1481-1492.

  • Deposit

    DAYTON,S. PROFILE OF A HEARING ON MIN. ENTRY: ENR. AND MIN.

  • Deposit

    JOUR. V. 172,NO.10, 1977 PP. 75-84.

  • Deposit

    ENJR. AND MIN. JOUR. ANACONDA FINDS NICKEL IN MONTANA.. V.

  • Deposit

    169 NO. 7, 1968. P. 86, 88.

  • Deposit

    EIS (DRAFT). AMC STILLWATER PROJECT. MONT. DEPT. STATE LANDS

  • Deposit

    AND US FOREST SERVICE, 1982, 212 P.

  • Deposit

    HOY,R.B. STILLWATER ANACONDA MEETING. MEMO FEB. 9, 1978, 3PP

  • Deposit

    MCKNIGHT, J. STILLWATER NICKEL PROJECT REPT. AMAX EXPL. INC.

  • Deposit

    COMPANY REPT. MAY 16, 1969, 16 PP.

  • Deposit

    MILLER,R. AND TURNER, DEVELOP. CHALLENGES ON...STILLWATER

  • Deposit

    MIN. DEP. ANNUAL AIME MEET. DALLAS,TX, FEB, 1982, 24 PP.

  • Deposit

    PAGE,N. ETAL. PLATINUM METALS IN THE STILLWATER COMPLEX MT.

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL. V.71, 1976 PP.1352-1363.

  • Deposit

    PAGE,N. STILLWATER COMPLEX...EMPHASIS ON OCUR. OF SULFIDES.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 1038, 1979, 69 PP.

  • Deposit

    PAGE,N. & F. SIMON. DEFFERENTIATION OF SULF. IN BASAL ZONE.

  • Deposit

    JOUR. RES. USGS,V.6, NO.4, 1978, PP. 473-482.

  • Deposit

    RICHMOND,T. AND J.ADLER. MIN. DEV. AND CONSERVATION IN

  • Deposit

    STILLWATER DIST. MIN. ENJR. V.26, NO.3, 1974, PP.37-40.

  • Deposit

    ROBY, R.N. INVEST. OF CU-NI DEP. IN STILLWATER. BUMINES R.I.

  • Deposit

    4431, 1949, 10 PP.

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, E. REGIONAL GEOL. AMOCO MIN. PER. COMM., 1983.

  • Deposit

    TODD,S.G. ETAL. THE J-M PT.-PD. REEF OF STILLWATER COMPLEX.

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL. V.77 NO.6, SEPT.-OCT. 1982, PP. 1454-1480.

  • Deposit

    TURNER,A. SENIOR PROJECT GEOL., ANACONDA MIN. CO., PER.

  • Deposit

    COMM., 1983.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MIN. MAG. OIL CO. ARDCO, PURCHASES COPPER CO.,ANACONDA

  • Deposit

    V. 30, NO.2, 1977, PP. 66-67

  • Deposit

    ZIENTEK, M. GEOLOGIST, USGS, PER. COMM. 1983.

  • Deposit

    MCHUGH, E., 1994, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-88 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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