Ida

Prospect in Silver Bow 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148439
MAS/MILS ID 0300930091
Record type Site
Current site name Ida

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.60418, 45.698 (WGS84)
Elevation 2317

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickiup Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 008 W 04 NENWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.60418, 45.698

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 1600M
    Width 10M
    Area 260HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Minimum Depth to Top 2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 260
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Logan
    Interest 33
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Hand
    Interest 33
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977
  • Type Unknown
    Owner M. A. Cooper
    Interest 33
    Home office Montana
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILVER BOW COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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