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Carter Creek Iron

Occurrence in Beaverhead 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078288
MRDS ID W026547
Record type Site
Current site name Carter Creek Iron

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.46059, 45.15323 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9.5 MI S62E OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Christensen Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 007W 03,09,10 SW (03); SW (09); W2 (10) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UPPER CARTER CREEK DRAINAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Hypersthene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RANDOM IRON-BED SAMPLES ASSAYED 33.2-37.6 % FE, 40 % IRON OXIDE, AND 10.2-38.2 % SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Pre Belt;Cherry Creek Group
    Rock description Pre Belt;Cherry Creek Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.46059, 45.15323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 70 N
    Length 2286M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Folding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Mr. John Womack

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minerals Engineering Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Womack

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 40816000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 34 wt-pct Iron Major 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WITH ADDITIONAL DRILLING, PROBABLY ANOTHER 90 TO 100 MILLION TON OF IRON ORE COULD BE DEVELOPED

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT WAS CORE DRILLED BY MINERALS ENGINEERING, & DURING 1974 - 1975 BY MARCONI & OREGON STEEL COMPANIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 38.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, H. L., AND WIER, K. L., 1972 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARTER CREEK IRON DEPOSIT, SEC. 3 , 9 , AND 10 , T. 8 S., R. 7 W., MADISON AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS MAP MF - 359

  • Deposit

    DEMUCK, V.C., 1956, IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., INF. CIRC. 13, P. 40-41

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE M.B.M.G., I.C. 13

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP JAMES, H. L. & WEIR, K. L. GEOLOGIC MAP

  • Deposit

    1971 COMPILE MBMG, UNPUBLISHED SUMMARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHN WOMACK & CORE DRILL OPERATION DURING 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN BEDS OF MAGNETITE-HEMATITE OCCUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-77 Johns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-80 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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