The Iron Mountain-Chrome Group W is a chromium mine located in Sweet Grass county, Montana at an elevation of 9,449 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: 9,449 Feet (2,880 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 45.40778, -110.05056
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Iron Mountain-Chrome Group W MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mountain-Chrome Group W
Secondary: Chrome Group
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Secondary: PGE
Location
State: Montana
County: Sweet Grass
District: In Stillwater Complex
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Bushveld Cr
Orebody
Form: MASSIVE BAND, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: R
Description: The Stillwater Complex Is Exposed Along The Northern Margin Of The Beartooth Uplift, One Of Several Laramide Basement-Cored Ranges That Make Up The Rocky Mountain Foreland Of South-Central Montana (Foose And Others, 1961: Kulik And Schmidt, 1988)
Type: L
Description: Cross-Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Harzburgite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Harzburgite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TRENCHES YIELEDED 0.5-5 FT CHROMITE AT 3.33-39.57% CR2O3 (AVERAGE 2.65 FT AT 17.9% CR2O3). 1 SAMPLE OF CHROMITITE: 71 PPB PT, 270 PPB PD, 40 PPB RH.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Olivine
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. LOCATED ON EAST SLOPE OF IRON MOUNTAIN. IN CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW TEST PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): AGE OF STILLWATER COMPLEX IS 2,705 +/- 4 MA BASED ON U-PB SYSTEMATICS ON ZIRCON-BADDELEYITE (PREMO AND OTHERS, 1990)
Comment (Deposit): CHROMITITE A AND G LAYERS ARE PRESENT. MAXIMUM GIVEN IS MASSIVE ORE; DISSEMINATED ORE IS 3.5 FT MAX.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHAFER, P.A., 1937, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 18, P. 14-16.
Reference (Deposit): HOWLAND, A.L., 1955, CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, SWEET GRASS COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1015-D, P. 113-114.
Reference (Deposit): WIMMLER, N.L., 1948, INVESTIGATION OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, STILLWATER AND SWEETGRASS COUNTIES, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4368, P. 38-39.
Reference (Deposit): 1955 GEOLMAP HOWLAND, BULL. 1015-D, P. 11
Reference (Deposit): ZIENTEK, M.L., 1993, MINERAL RESOURCE APPRAISAL FOR LOCATABLE MINERALS: THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, IN HAMMARSTROM, J.M., ZIENTEK, M.L., AND ELLIOTT, J.E., EDS., MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE ABSAROKA-BEARTOOTH STUDY AREA, CUSTER AND GALLATIN NATIONAL FORESTS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-207, P. F1-F83.
Reference (Deposit): PREMO, W.R., HELZ, R.T., ZIENTEK, M.L., AND LANGSTON, R.B., 1990, U-PB AND SM-ND AGES FOR THE STILLWATER COMPLEX AND ITS ASSOCIATED SILLS AND DIKES, BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS, MONTANA: IDENTIFICATION OF A PARENT MAGMA?: GEOLOGY, V. 18, P. 1065-1068.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J, RILEY, L.B., AND HAFFTY, JOSEPH, 1969, PLATINUM, PALLADIUM, AND RHODIUM ANALYSES OF ULTRAMAFIC AND MAFIC ROCKS FROM THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 624, P. 10.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J, RILEY, L.B., AND HAFFTY, JOSEPH, 1972, VERTICAL AND LATERAL VARIATION OF PLATINUM, PALLADIUM, AND RHODIUM IN THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 67, P. 915.
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