The Running Wolf Deposit is a mine located in Judith Basin county, Montana at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.98583, -110.37667
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Running Wolf Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Running Wolf Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Montana
County: Judith Basin
District: Running Wolf District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Whittaker, Norman A.
Home Office: Stanford, Mt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
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: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: At Northeast Corner Of Zone Of Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km
Type: L
Description: Stocks Connected By A Dike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Altered To Marble, Minor Calc-Silicates
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: WEST LENS HAS 60% FE, 0.1% S, 0.02% CU, 0.01% TI
Analytical Data: EAST LENS HAS 55% FE, 0.1% S, 0.005% CU, AND 0.01% TI
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL IRON DEPOSITS ARE IN THE AREA. DEMUNCK RESTRICTS RUNNING WOLF DEPOSIT TO SECTIONS 7 AND 8 BUT OTHER WORKERS INCLUDE SECTIONS 1-4, T 14 N, R 10 E, 32, 33 T 15 N, R 10 E, AND SECTIONS 1 AND 6, T 14 N, R 11 E. DEPOSITS DISCUSSED IN THIS FORM ARE RESTRICTED TO SECTIONS 7 AND 8, T 14 N, R 11 E.
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS A FINE-GRAINED INTIMATE MIXTURE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SUM OF INDICATED AND INFERRED RESOURCES
Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES OF WEST LENS OF IRON ORE
Comment (Development): TRENCHING, DIAMOND DRILLING, AND SAMPLING BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.
Comment (Workings): TWO LENSES OCCUR, THE LARGER WEST LENS IS ABOUT 1100 FT LONG AND 15 FT WIDE, ABOUT 1200 FT TO THE EAST IS A LENS ABOUT 500 FT LONG AND 5 FT WIDE. DRILL HOLES SHOW ORE CONTINUES IN DEPTH FOR AT LEAST 200 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): DEMUNCK, V. C., 1956, IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. INF. CIRC. 13, 55 P.
Reference (Deposit): GOODSPEED, G. E., AND FITZSIMMONS, P. J., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE IRON DEPOSITS OF THE WILLOW AND RUNNING WOLF CREEKS, MONT.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTSON, A. F., AND ROBY, R. N., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7602, 48 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP
Reference (Deposit): 1944 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU MINES
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.
