The Soap Gulch Iron is a mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 7,106 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: 7,106 Feet (2,166 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.7131, -112.61830
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Soap Gulch Iron MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Soap Gulch Iron
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Melrose District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rocky Mountain Geochemical Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1880
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT ON BLM GRAZING LAND MORE THAN 22 PITS & DOZER CUTS TO EXPOSE MINERALIZED ZONE FE ORE PROD BELIEVED TO BE 3500 TFROM STOPES & 25000 TONS FR MINING METHOD SUGGESTED IS OPEN- PIT & NEAR SURFACE STOPPING DRILLING MAY INDICATE A GREATER THICKNESS THAN 2 METERS FOR
References
Reference (Deposit): MAS FILE
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.
