The Carter Creek Iron is a iron mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 45.15333, -112.45972
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Carter Creek Iron MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carter Creek Iron
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Ruby Range
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: John Womack
Owner Name: Minerals Engineering Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Ruby Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Iron Formation
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RANDOM IRON-BED SAMPLES ASSAYED 33.2-37.6 % FE, 40 % IRON OXIDE, AND 10.2-38.2 % SILICA
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Hypersthene
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UPPER CARTER CREEK DRAINAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT WAS CORE DRILLED BY MINERALS ENGINEERING, & DURING 1974 - 1975 BY MARCONI & OREGON STEEL COMPANIES
Comment (Reserve-Resource): WITH ADDITIONAL DRILLING, PROBABLY ANOTHER 90 TO 100 MILLION TON OF IRON ORE COULD BE DEVELOPED
Comment (Deposit): THIN BEDS OF MAGNETITE-HEMATITE OCCUR
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JOHN WOMACK & CORE DRILL OPERATION DURING 1975
Reference (Deposit): 1971 COMPILE MBMG, UNPUBLISHED SUMMARY REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
Reference (Deposit): 1956 COMPILE M.B.M.G., I.C. 13
Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP JAMES, H. L. & WEIR, K. L. GEOLOGIC MAP
Reference (Deposit): DEMUCK, V.C., 1956, IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., INF. CIRC. 13, P. 40-41
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, H. L., AND WIER, K. L., 1972 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARTER CREEK IRON DEPOSIT, SEC. 3 , 9 , AND 10 , T. 8 S., R. 7 W., MADISON AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS MAP MF - 359
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 8.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 38.
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.
