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Iron Mountain

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245706
MRDS ID W026558
MAS/MILS ID 0300610036
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain
Related records 10078293

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.85628, 47.24098 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idaho Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017 N 026 W 12 SESWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.85628, 47.24098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 90M
    Length 100M
    Width 1.2M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N60W:80N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 19HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 19
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES FROM ASSAY OF GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP TONNAGES ESTIMATED BY INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL,1960,USGS BULL.1082I,P 589

  • Deposit

    SHANNON,1920,US NATIONAL MUS. PROC.U58 P589-607

  • Deposit

    YOUNG,ETAL,1962,MBMG BULL.30 P 31

  • Deposit

    UNPUB REPORT,1948,MBMG FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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