Iron Mountain

Past Producer in Jefferson 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 10221123
MAS/MILS ID 0300430044
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain
Alternate or previous names Great Western, Red Rock Creek, Calvin Mine, Red Rock Creek, Fox Mountain, Calvin

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.37009, 46.3024 (WGS84)
Elevation 2054
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 N 006 W 05 SESENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.37009, 46.3024

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 62N
    Thickness 15M
    Length 915M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 0.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Strike And Dip N25E:62N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Basin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carlson, A. F
    Interest 50
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. G. Tomich
    Interest 50
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34-53

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.