| Deposit ID | 10245589 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300070066 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rothfuss Iron Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Johnny Gulch Iron Mine, North Star Group |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.76646, 46.168 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1756 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Broadwater(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Devils Fence(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)
Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Broadwater |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 005 N | 001 W | 19 | NESESE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -111.76646, 46.168 |
|---|
| Strike | N20W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 89E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 65M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 16M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 16HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1887 |
| Year of first production | 1897 |
| District name | Radersburg |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Rothfuss |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300070066 |
BROADWATER COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS
USGS OPEN FILE REPT, GEOLOGY OF PART OF JOHNNY GULCH QUAD, 1
EEMAN, V.L.
MONT BUR MINES GEOL UNPUB MS, INFO ON FE, COAL, FL, CHROMITE
W.M. AND BERG, R.B.
USBM IC 7592, MINES MINERAL DEPOSITS BROADWATER CO. MT., 195
USGS BULL-470, GEOLOGIC RELATIONS ORE DEPOSITS ELKHORN MTNS,
USGS BULL-574, MINING DISTR DILLON QUAD ADJ AREAS, 1914, WIN
MONT BUR MINES GEOL IC 13, IRON DEPOSITS MONT, 1956, DEMUNCK
WFOC MIN PROP FILE 34.11.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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