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Carter Creek Iron Deposit

Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
IronSilica
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiarySilica
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10148106
MRDS IDW016871
Alternate namesCarter Creek Mine, Carter Iron Deposit, Hoffman Gulch, Sweet Water Hills Iron
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.1435, -112.46087
References
DEMUNCK,V.C., 1956, IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAUOF MINES AND GEOLOGY IC,N.13, P.35-36.GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BEAVERHEADCO., MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGYBULL., N.85, P.154.HOLMES, W.T., HOLBROOK, W.F., AND BANNING, L.H., 1962,BENEFICIATING AND SMELTING CARTER CREEK MONTANA, IRONORE: US BUREAU OF MINES RI, N.5922, 21 P.HOSKINS, J.R., AND GREEN, W.R., 1977, MINERAL INDUSTRYCOSTS: NORTHWEST MINING ASSOC., W.1020 RIVERSIDE,SPOKANE, WASH,99201, 226P.JAMES, H.L. AND WIER, K.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARTERCREEK IRON DEPOSIT, SECS. 3,9, AND 10, T.8S., R.7W.,MADISON AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICALSURVEY MISC. MAP, MF-359.MINERALS ENGINEERING COMPANY, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARTERCREEK IRON DEPOSIT, SCALE 1 INCH = 100 FEET.MONTANA INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES,1980, CARTER CREEK IRON ORE(UNPUBLISHED): MONTANA INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE INC.RUBY, R.N., AND KINGSTON G.A., 1966, FEASIBILITY STUDY OFMINING AND BENEFICIATING OF LOW GRADE IRON ORE DEPOSITSIN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: US BUREAU OF MINES-UNPUBLISHEDWEISSENBORN, A.E. AND OTHERS, 1963, MINERAL AND WATERRESOURCES OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES ANDGEOLOGY SPECIAL PUP., N.28, P.77-8.MIN RES BEAVERHEAD NAT FOR, RPT INVESTIGATION, VOL 2 OF 2.CRIB.