| Deposit ID | 10148106 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016871 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010043 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Carter Creek Iron Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Carter Iron Deposit, Hoffman Gulch, Carter Creek Mine, Sweet Water Hills Iron |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.46087, 45.1435 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2072 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008 S | 007 W | 09 | NWNESE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -112.46087, 45.1435 |
|---|
| Strike | N55E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 70W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 270M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3657M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 400HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1956 |
| District name | Ruby |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Montana International Resources Inc., Calgary,Alberta,Cn |
| Interest | 70 |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | General Womack,Commander Of Montana Nat. Guard |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 250HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010043 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016871 | MAS references MRDS |
DEMUNCK,V.C., 1956, IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU
OF MINES AND GEOLOGY IC,N.13, P.35-36.
GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BEAVERHEAD
CO., MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY
BULL., N.85, P.154.
HOLMES, W.T., HOLBROOK, W.F., AND BANNING, L.H., 1962,
BENEFICIATING AND SMELTING CARTER CREEK MONTANA, IRON
ORE: US BUREAU OF MINES RI, N.5922, 21 P.
HOSKINS, J.R., AND GREEN, W.R., 1977, MINERAL INDUSTRY
COSTS: NORTHWEST MINING ASSOC., W.1020 RIVERSIDE,
SPOKANE, WASH,99201, 226P.
JAMES, H.L. AND WIER, K.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARTER
CREEK IRON DEPOSIT, SECS. 3,9, AND 10, T.8S., R.7W.,
MADISON AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY MISC. MAP, MF-359.
MINERALS ENGINEERING COMPANY, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARTER
CREEK IRON DEPOSIT, SCALE 1 INCH = 100 FEET.
MONTANA INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES,1980, CARTER CREEK IRON ORE
(UNPUBLISHED): MONTANA INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE INC.
RUBY, R.N., AND KINGSTON G.A., 1966, FEASIBILITY STUDY OF
MINING AND BENEFICIATING OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE DEPOSITS
IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: US BUREAU OF MINES-UNPUBLISHED
WEISSENBORN, A.E. AND OTHERS, 1963, MINERAL AND WATER
RESOURCES OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND
GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUP., N.28, P.77-8.
MIN RES BEAVERHEAD NAT FOR, RPT INVESTIGATION, VOL 2 OF 2.
CRIB.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 07-OCT-96 | Spear, James M. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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