The Frank Marion Group is a mine located in Cascade county, Montana at an elevation of 6,155 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: 6,155 Feet (1,876 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.0675, -110.91060
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Frank Marion Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frank Marion Group
Secondary: Hurricane and Tornado
Secondary: Thunder Mtn.
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Shull, Aaron R.
Percent: 66.00
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
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: Sulfur
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE APPEARS TO BE OF GOOD GRADE IMPURE LIMONITE AREA HEAVILY FORESTED
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS GOODSPEED PRELIM REPT IRON ADJACENT TO BELT CR MEAGHER
Reference (Deposit): USGS 20TH ANN REPT 1899 GEOLOGY OF LITTLE BELT MTS
Reference (Deposit): GOODSPEED, PRELIM REPT IRON DEPOSITS ADJACENT TO YOGO PK OPE
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL & WATER RESOURSES OF MONT.R.D.GEACH MBMG SP-28
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF UPPER MO.RV.BASIN HUBBARD ROBY CT USBM
Reference (Deposit): MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS CASCADE CO.MT. ROBERTSON USBM IC-75
Reference (Deposit): CASCADE COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA DEMUNCK V C 1956 MBMG IC-13
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.
