Truman Creek - Blacktail Mountain Road Occurrence

Occurrence in Flathead 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019030
MRDS ID DC08352
Record type Site
Current site name Truman Creek - Blacktail Mountain Road Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36654, 47.99294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 1.8 MI NW OF KERR MOUNTAIN PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Flathead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Proctor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flathead Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Flathead 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 Flathead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 026N 022W 24 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CLOSE TO TOP OF BLACKTAIL MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Ravalli Group
    Rock description Ravalli Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.36654, 47.99294

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Plunging Anticline Approx 2 Mi To The E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Indicated By 2 In Of Shattered Rock And Gouge Parallels The Hanging Wall Of The Vein

Ore body information

  • General form FILLED VUGS
    Strike EAST
    Dip 74S

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK STRIKES N 47 DEG W AND DIPS 25 DEG NE. UNALTERED SPECULAR HEMATITE IS COMMON ; GEOL.DESC: 17 INCH QTZ VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1964 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 42 , P. 48 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 146 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-22-1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN EXPOSED IN 4X6 FT PIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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