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Soap Gulch Iron

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245999
MAS/MILS ID 0300930089
Record type Site
Current site name Soap Gulch Iron

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.61919, 45.713 (WGS84)
Elevation 2166
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickiup Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001 S 008 W 32 N2N2NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.61919, 45.713
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 275M
    Width 2M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:30W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Melrose District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rocky Mountain Geochemical Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT ON BLM GRAZING LAND MORE THAN 22 PITS & DOZER CUTS TO EXPOSE MINERALIZED ZONE FE ORE PROD BELIEVED TO BE 3500 TFROM STOPES & 25000 TONS FR MINING METHOD SUGGESTED IS OPEN- PIT & NEAR SURFACE STOPPING DRILLING MAY INDICATE A GREATER THICKNESS THAN 2 METERS FOR

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.

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