Running Wolf Deposit

The Running Wolf Deposit is a mine located in Judith Basin county, Montana at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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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.