Rothfuss Iron Mine

The Rothfuss Iron Mine is a mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 5,761 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Rothfuss Iron Mine
Secondary: Johnny Gulch Iron Mine
Secondary: North Star Group

Commodity

Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Radersburg

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
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: John Rothfuss
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: 1897
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: Gold
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Galena

Comments

Comment (Production): BETWEEN 1908-1910 75,000 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED. DEPOSIT CONTAINS APPRECIABLE AMOUNTS OF AU AND AG.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL-470, GEOLOGIC RELATIONS ORE DEPOSITS ELKHORN MTNS,

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL-574, MINING DISTR DILLON QUAD ADJ AREAS, 1914, WIN

Reference (Deposit): MONT BUR MINES GEOL IC 13, IRON DEPOSITS MONT, 1956, DEMUNCK

Reference (Deposit): WFOC MIN PROP FILE 34.11.

Reference (Deposit): BROADWATER COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE REPT, GEOLOGY OF PART OF JOHNNY GULCH QUAD, 1

Reference (Deposit): EEMAN, V.L.

Reference (Deposit): W.M. AND BERG, R.B.

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7592, MINES MINERAL DEPOSITS BROADWATER CO. MT., 195

Reference (Deposit): MONT BUR MINES GEOL UNPUB MS, INFO ON FE, COAL, FL, CHROMITE

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.