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Johnny Gulch Iron Deposit

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
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  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172889
MRDS ID W016885
MAS/MILS ID 0300570601
Record type Site
Current site name Johnny Gulch Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Ruby Creek Deposit, Ruby Creek Mine, Ruby Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.73195, 45.05851 (WGS84)
Elevation 1964
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bucks Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 S 001 W 09 S2SESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.73195, 45.05851
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 75N
    Thickness 70M
    Length 3000M
    Width 305M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Strike And Dip N40E:75N
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. IC-13, 1956, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 28, 1963,

  • Deposit

    P. 78.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 38, 1960, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES MAP MR-51, 1967.

  • Deposit

    HOBERG, R.K., GEOLOGY OF THE RUBY CREEK IRON DEPOSIT:

  • Deposit

    BILLINGS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ELEVENTH ANNUAL FIELD

  • Deposit

    CONFERENCE, P. 268-272.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-94 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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