Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlFracture Zones And Veins Which Intersect Belt Shale Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite
Geology
StructureGentle East - Trending Anticline, Brecciation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1975
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10078292
MRDS IDW026556
Alternate namesBlack Butte Richmond, Vulcan
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.76185, -110.95502
References
REED, G. C., 1949 , INVESTIGATION OF THE SHEEP CREEK IRON DEPOSITS, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONT.: US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4400 , 9 P.ROBY, R. N., 1950 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) MEAGHER COUNTY, MONT.: US BUREAU OF MINES IC 7540 , P. 33 , 34.DE MUNCK, V. C., 1956 , IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 13 , 49 P. 34 - 37.GOODSPEED, G.E., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON IRON ORE DEPOSITS NEAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 15 P.1943 COMPILE GOODSPEED, G. E., OPEN FILE REPORT1948 COMPILE USBM PUBLISHED INF. CIRC.1949 COMPILE USBM PUBLISHED INF. CIRC.1956 COMPILE MBMG PUBLISHED REPORT