Iron Mountain-Gold Hill Area

Prospect in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Silver
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197497
MAS/MILS ID 0300970078
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain-Gold Hill Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -109.9433, 45.59962 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sliderock Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Timber(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 S 014 E 07 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -109.9433, 45.59962

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deer Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, MLA 19-93, APPENDIX A,

  • Deposit

    NO. 75, P. A-16.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-94 Johnson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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