The Iola Prospect is a uranium mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 44.54361, -112.82417
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Iola Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iola Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Deer Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: P. H. Peterson ( 1953 )
Home Office: Lima, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Locally Altered To Marble With Graphite
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSIS OF .037 PERCENT EQUIVALENT URANIUM AND .05 PERCENT URANIUM
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): 150 FT UP FROM VALLEY FLOOR NEAR THE JUNCTION OF BIG SHEEP CREEK AND NICHOLIA CREEK.
Comment (Development): UNPATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): THREE KNOWN VEINS IN CONTACT ZONE OF 50 TO 150 FT. LONG AND 3 TO 12 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): ONE PROSPECT PIT, 150 FT ADIT, 42 FT SHAFT
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: TRITES & TOOKER 1953
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, AP, JR, ET AL, 1962, USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13.
Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U. M., 1955 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., INFO. CIRC. 6 , P. 8 .
Reference (Deposit): TRITES, A. F., TOOKER, E. W., 1953 , URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTROL IDAHO AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL. 988 - H.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-18-1963
Reference (Deposit): 5) GEACH, R. D., 1972 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 85 , P. 165 .
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
