Woods Creek Iron Deposit

Prospect in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Silica
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 10148842
MAS/MILS ID 0300810111
Record type Site
Current site name Woods Creek Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Copper Canyon Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.33424, 45.57268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1952
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(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 003 S 022 W 17 SENES2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.33424, 45.57268

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 8M
    Length 2135M
    Width 11M
    Area 9.6HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N70E:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top .3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 9.6
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Mineral Point District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ernest Shook
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAVALLI COUNTY COURTHOUSE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE WOODS CREEK IRON DEPOSIT, 1967, MS

  • Deposit

    WILLIAM N KELLEY, JR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-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.