Iron Mask

Past Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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 10269302
MRDS ID W014698
MAS/MILS ID 0300070161
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mask
Related records 10071358

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.65226, 46.3402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Giant Hill(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 001 E 30 NWNENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Andesite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 49M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 61M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N15W:80E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 3HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    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 Townsend

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. G. Bayles
    Interest 54
    Home office Montana
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith, V. E. And Alice
    Interest 8
    Home office Montana
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Costello
    Interest 38
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL. 35, 1963 P.42

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7592, 1951, P46

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN T7N R1W SEC 24

  • Deposit

    MBM & 6 16 20, 1957, P8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-96 Mcclernan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references