Sheep Creek Iron

The Sheep Creek Iron is a iron mine located in Meagher county, Montana at an elevation of 6,119 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sheep Creek Iron
Secondary: Black Butte Richmond
Secondary: Vulcan

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Montana
County: Meagher
District: Tenderfoot - Sheep Creek

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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: R. And S Iron Co. Inc.

Owner Name: J. Potter And R. Borland

Production

Year: 1976
Material type: FE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^57 To 60 Percent Fe (Est)
Year: 1975
Material type: FE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^57 To 60 Percent Fe (Est)

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1975
Discovery Year: 1870
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: Little Belt Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Gentle East - Trending Anticline

Type: L
Description: Brecciation

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PRESENT OPERATORS REPORT ORE SHIPPED TO TRIDENT CEMENT PLANT CONTAINS 57 TO 60 PERCENT TOTAL FE.

Comment (Location): 27 MILES SW OF NEIHART (BY ROAD)

Comment (Commodity): GOODSPEED REPORTS 28 TO 44 PERCENT FE OPERATORS NOW PRODUCE 57 TO 60 PERCENT FE

Comment (Development): GOODSPEED OPEN FILE REPORT TABULATES ANALYTIC RESULTS ON 10 SAMPLES ANALYZED FOR FE, INSOL, SULFUR, & PHOSPHORUS.

Comment (Deposit): R & S MINING COMPANY OF RADERSBURG HAS PRODUCING ABOUT 200 TPD FROM THE PROPERTY SINCE 1975

Comment (Workings): THE SIZE OF WORKINGS (SUMMER OF 1975) ARE ESTIMATED ABOVE, HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL STRIPPING AND MINING HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE SO THE SURFACE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY INCREASED

Comment (Geology): IRON MINERALS ARE MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE

References

Reference (Deposit): 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.

Reference (Deposit): 1943 COMPILE GOODSPEED, G. E., OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1948 COMPILE USBM PUBLISHED INF. CIRC.

Reference (Deposit): 1949 COMPILE USBM PUBLISHED INF. CIRC.

Reference (Deposit): 1956 COMPILE MBMG PUBLISHED REPORT

Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1949 , INVESTIGATION OF THE SHEEP CREEK IRON DEPOSITS, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONT.: US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4400 , 9 P.

Reference (Deposit): ROBY, R. N., 1950 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) MEAGHER COUNTY, MONT.: US BUREAU OF MINES IC 7540 , P. 33 , 34.

Reference (Deposit): DE MUNCK, V. C., 1956 , IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 13 , 49 P. 34 - 37.

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.