| Deposit ID | 10245829 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026546 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300570777 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Butte Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Standard Creek Deposit |
| Related records | 10078287 |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.61474, 44.89131 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2440 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Madison(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bad Luck Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Madison(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Madison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 011 S | 001 W | 09 | C | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ankerite | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Pit (1) | -111.61474, 44.89131 |
|---|
| Thickness | 50M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 800M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 400HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1957 |
| District name | Black Butte District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Utah |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 100HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300570777 |
MAT 1, COL 1, QUANTITY AND GRADE SUPPLIED BY U.S. STEEL;
MARCH 17, 1982.
MAT 9, COL 4, QUANTITY AND GRADE SUPPLIED BY U.S. STEEL,
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, U.S. STEEL'S ATLANTIC CITY
ORE MINE FIRST TACONITE PRODUCER IN THE WEST, VOL. 166,
NO. 3, MARCH 1965, PP. 73-92.
----, PELLET QUALITY - LOWER COSTS: KEYNOTE DULUTH IRON MIN-
ING SYMPOSIUM VOL. 167, NO. 3, MARCH 1966, PP. 94-97.
LOWE, N.T., JUNE 1981, BUENA VISTA MINE: U.S. BU MINES, MAS
PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT.
MULAR, A.L., 1978, MINERAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT COSTS AND
PRELIMINARY CAPITAL COST ESTIMATIONS: THE CANADIAN INSTI-
TUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SPECIAL VOLUME 18.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, MONTHLY
NORMALS OF TEMP., PRECIP., AND HEAT, AND COOL. DEGREE DAY
1941-1970, CLIMATOGRAPHY OF THE U.S. NO.81 (BY STATE),
MONTANA-ENNIS AND VIRGINIA CITY, AUGUST 1973.
O'HARA, T.A., QUICK GUIDES TO THE EVALUATION OF OREBODIES,
CANADIAN MINING AND MET. BULLETIN, FEB. 1980.
STRAM ENGINEERS, INC., 1979, CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST
ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK; U.S. BUMINES, CONTRACT NO.
J0255026.
SWEENEY, T.M., MARCH 1981, CARTER CREEK IRON DEPOSIT: U.S.
BUMINES, MAS PROPERY EVALUATION FILE REPORT.
U.S. BUMINES, 1971, PROCESS EVALUATION: COST ANALYSIS SEMI-
NAR, PROCESS EVALUATION GROUP, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA.
U.S. FOREST SERVICE, MARCH 1969, BLACK BUTTE GROUP MINING
CLAIMS, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. STEEL CORP,
REPORT ON MINING CLAIMS M5452 AND M5453.
----, NOV. 1976, BLACK BUTTE IRON MINE PROJECT (PROPOSED)
BEAVERHEAD NAT. FOR.: U.S. STEEL CORP., REPORT ON MINING
CLAIMS M5452 AND M5453.
U.S. STEEL CORP., BLACK BUTTE IRON ORE DEPOSIT, MADISON CO.,
MONTANA, MARCH 17, 1982.
WIER, K. L. 1965, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK
BUTTE IRON DEPOSIT, MADISON CO., MONTANA: USGS OPEN-FILE
REPORT.
WORLD MINING, REAR DUMP TRUCKS, JULY 1980, PP. 38-39.
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1973, V. 68, NO. 7, P. 953.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT DIVIDED INTO 2 AREAS: QUAKE AREA, LOW- MAIN OUTCROP AREA. THE PLANT CAPACITY WAS 4571000 MTPY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 09-MAR-95 | Spear, James M. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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