Iron Cap Mine

Occurrence in Ravalli 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094795
MRDS ID DC09563
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Cap Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.91816, 46.51017 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8.0 KM SE OF LONE ROCK SCHOOL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grayhorse Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot 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 Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 018W 30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF SLOCUM CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sapphire Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 51

  • Deposit

    FS RECORD 613-2 NO. 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references