The Iron Chief is a mine located in Meagher county, Montana at an elevation of 6,890 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: 6,890 Feet (2,100 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.4783, -110.67030
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Iron Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Chief
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Meagher
District: Castle Mountain District
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nelson E Wilson
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Florida
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Clearance D Wilson
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Florida
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1888
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: Galena
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLAIM (PATENTED) NUMBER 3050 40 HP STEAM HOIST ON PROPERTY
References
Reference (Deposit): PRELIM REPT ON FE ORE DEP NEAR WSS MEAGHER CO GOODSPEED USGS
Reference (Deposit): GEO ORE DEP OF CASTLE MTNS MININGDIST MEAGHER CO,WINTERS MBM
Reference (Deposit): MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS MEAGHER COUNTY MONT,R N ROBY USBM I
Reference (Deposit): IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA,VC DE MVNCK MBMG IC-13 1956
Reference (Deposit): MEAGHER COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): GEO OF THE CASTLE MTN MINING DISTMT. WEED & PRISSON USGS B-1
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.
