Harrison Iron

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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 10280421
MAS/MILS ID 0300570778
Record type Site
Current site name Harrison Iron

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.83276, 45.711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
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

Harrison(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 001 S 002 W 34 N2N2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.83276, 45.711

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 38N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 100M
    Width 1.5M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 46M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N80W:38N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 46
    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 Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pete Jackson
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONTAINS FROM 15.2 TO 30.1 FE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MADISON COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    ROY EARHART DID FIELD WORK FOR CHARLES SCOTT,730,N MONT ST

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.