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Boulder Iron Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294956
MAS/MILS ID 0300430046
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Boulder Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -111.91307, 46.1746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tacoma Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 N 003 W 24 NESENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 32M
    Length 763M
    Width 7M
    Area 0.5HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Strike And Dip N10W:80W
    Minimum Depth to Top .5
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    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
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. E. Whittaker
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 1900 A LARGE TONNAGE OF THIS ORE WAS SHIPPED FOR FLUX

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT BUREAU OF MINES BULLITON 16

  • Deposit

    JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SAME PROPERTY AS 30-043-00562. MASFILE 30-043-0046, SEE ALSO

  • Deposit

    34.086

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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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