Willow Creek Deposit

Past Producer in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Manganese, Silver, Titanium
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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245770
MAS/MILS ID 0300590019
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek Deposit
Alternate or previous names Ringling Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.80914, 46.51741 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinchout Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 N 007 E 26 N2NWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.80914, 46.51741

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 89S
    Thickness 15M
    Length 46M
    Width 15M
    Area 0.5HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N60E:89S
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) .5
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1920

Mining district

District name Castle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul And Ringling
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEAGHER COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    IRON DEPOSITS OF MONTANA BY V.C. DEMUNCK MBMG IC-13 1956

  • Deposit

    MINES & MINERAL DEP., MEAGHER CO.MONT" G.C.REED,USBM RI-440

  • Deposit

    PRELIN REPT FE ORE DEP WSS MEAGHECO. GOODSPEED USGS OPEN-FIL

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.8 USBM

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7540 MINES MINERAL DEPOSITS MEAGHER CO MONT 1950 ROB

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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