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Black Chief Iron Mine

Past Producer in Deer Lodge 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269440
MAS/MILS ID 0300230066
Record type Site
Current site name Black Chief Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.10621, 46.20019 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 N 012 W 09 NENWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.10621, 46.20019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05E
    Dip 89E
    Thickness 20M
    Length 30.5M
    Width 3M
    Area 0.5HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip N05E:89E
    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

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Brown
    Interest 50
    Home office California
    Year 1977
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Herbert Brown
    Interest 50
    Home office California
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEER LODGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILES NUMBER 34-39 USBM

  • Deposit

    GEO & ORE DEP OF P'BURG QUAD MT EMMONS & CALKINS PRO PAPER-

  • Deposit

    IRON DEP OF MONT" VC DEMUNCK MBMGIC-13 1956

Reporter information

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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