The Franklin Hill Iron Deposit is a mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,043 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: 6,043 Feet (1,842 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.3225, -113.27640
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Franklin Hill Iron Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Franklin Hill Iron Deposit
Secondary: Old Kentuck
Secondary: Courtney Manganiferous Iron Depos
Secondary: Redemption Iron
Secondary: Tarriff
Secondary: Puritan
Secondary: Hobo
Secondary: Kentucky Iron Mine
Secondary: Silver Lode Mines
Secondary: Courtney Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg
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: H. J. Courtney
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Magnetite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRACED 1000 FEET ALONG STRIKE WHERE CUTS & PITS CAN BE ORE SHIPPED TO EAST HELENA SMELT-ER FOR FLUX SHIPPED 30,000
References
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.5
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.84
Reference (Deposit): METAMORPHISM & ASSOC MINERLIZATION IN PBURG REGION,HOLSER GS
Reference (Deposit): GEO & ORE DEP OF PHILIPSBURG QUADEMMONS,CALKINS USGS PRO PAP
Reference (Deposit): IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA V C DEMUNCK MBMG IC-13 1956
Reference (Deposit): GRANITE COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS
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.
