Choteau Iron Deposit

Prospect in Teton county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134555
MRDS ID W016808
MAS/MILS ID 0300990001
Record type Site
Current site name Choteau Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Chouteau Titaniferous Magnetite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.32451, 47.9266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1318
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bynum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Teton(hydrologic unit)

Marias(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025 N 006 W 14 NWNENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.32451, 47.9266

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Earthsearch, Inc
    Interest 100
    Year 1993
    First year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONT RPRT N

  • Deposit

    MATERIALS RESEARCH IND & ECON DEVEL DEPT BURLINGTON NORTHERN

  • Deposit

    ST PAUL MINN DEC 1970

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 3981 WIMMLER NL DEC 1946

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RANDOL MINING DIRECTORIES: 1993/94; P232: 1994/95; P289: 1996/97; P215:

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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