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Iron Age Claim

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269380
MAS/MILS ID 0300010485
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Age Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.91919, 45.2018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 S 011 W 26 N2NENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.91919, 45.2018
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 31M
    Width 16M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60W:
    Date of Last Modification 820825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Blue Wing District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCER OF FE ORE FOR FLUX DURING EARLY SMELTING OPERATION DEPTH POTENTIAL LIMITED BY A THRUST FAULT OVERRIDING VOL AT EAST END 20 TONS HIGH QUALITY MAGNETITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS (BEAVERHEAD)

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA COMPANY-JIM ADLER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

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