Iron Horse

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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 10270125
MAS/MILS ID 0300570048
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Horse

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.44838, 45.463 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542
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

Beaverhead Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 004 S 007 W 27 NWNENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.44838, 45.463

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05E
    Dip 89E
    Thickness 10M
    Length 61M
    Width 12M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 1.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N05E:89E
    Minimum Depth to Top .5
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 780914

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Mclaughlin
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MADISON COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.56 USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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.