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Pony Iron Deposit

Occurrence in Madison 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 10270408
MAS/MILS ID 0300570779
Record type Site
Current site name Pony Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.90306, 45.6949 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 002 W 06 NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.90306, 45.6949
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 122M
    Length 792M
    Width 8M
    Area 4.4HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Strike And Dip N85W:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top .5
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4.4
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Undeveloped And On Private Ground
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEMOIR 36 BEDROCK GEOLOGY OFNORTH END TOBACCO ROOT MTNS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY AND ON PRIVATE GROUND THE DEPOSIT PROBABLY CONTAINS MORE THAN AN AVERAGE OF 8% FE AC

Reporter information

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

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

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