Black Butte Deposit

The Black Butte Deposit is a iron mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 8,005 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: Black Butte Deposit
Secondary: Standard Creek Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Black Butte 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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Steel Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1977

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1957
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

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: Limonite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Ankerite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): OTHER NAMES: STANDARD CREEK DEPOSIT, AND R & S IRON CO. NO PRODUCTION YET. 3-15-93

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAT 1, COL 1, QUANTITY AND GRADE SUPPLIED BY U.S. STEEL, MARCH 17, 1982. MAT 9, COL 4, QUANTITY AND GRADE SUPPLIED BY U.S. STEEL, MARCH 17, 1982.

Comment (Production): THE BLACK BUTTE IRON ORE DEPOSIT HAS NEVER HAD ANY ORE PRODUCTION.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT DIVIDED INTO 2 AREAS: QUAKE AREA, LOW- MAIN OUTCROP AREA. THE PLANT CAPACITY WAS 4571000 MTPY.

References

Reference (Deposit): NORMALS OF TEMP., PRECIP., AND HEAT, AND COOL. DEGREE DAY

Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, MONTHLY

Reference (Deposit): TUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SPECIAL VOLUME 18.

Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY CAPITAL COST ESTIMATIONS: THE CANADIAN INSTI-

Reference (Deposit): MULAR, A.L., 1978, MINERAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT COSTS AND

Reference (Deposit): PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): LOWE, N.T., JUNE 1981, BUENA VISTA MINE: U.S. BU MINES, MAS

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MAT 9, COL 4, QUANTITY AND GRADE SUPPLIED BY U.S. STEEL,

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1973, V. 68, NO. 7, P. 953.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING, REAR DUMP TRUCKS, JULY 1980, PP. 38-39.

Reference (Deposit): REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): BUTTE IRON DEPOSIT, MADISON CO., MONTANA: USGS OPEN-FILE

Reference (Deposit): WIER, K. L. 1965, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA, MARCH 17, 1982.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. STEEL CORP., BLACK BUTTE IRON ORE DEPOSIT, MADISON CO.,

Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS M5452 AND M5453.

Reference (Deposit): BEAVERHEAD NAT. FOR.: U.S. STEEL CORP., REPORT ON MINING

Reference (Deposit): ----, NOV. 1976, BLACK BUTTE IRON MINE PROJECT (PROPOSED)

Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON MINING CLAIMS M5452 AND M5453.

Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. STEEL CORP,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MARCH 17, 1982.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MAT 1, COL 1, QUANTITY AND GRADE SUPPLIED BY U.S. STEEL;

Reference (Deposit): U.S. FOREST SERVICE, MARCH 1969, BLACK BUTTE GROUP MINING

Reference (Deposit): NAR, PROCESS EVALUATION GROUP, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUMINES, 1971, PROCESS EVALUATION: COST ANALYSIS SEMI-

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES, MAS PROPERY EVALUATION FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): SWEENEY, T.M., MARCH 1981, CARTER CREEK IRON DEPOSIT: U.S.

Reference (Deposit): J0255026.

Reference (Deposit): ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK; U.S. BUMINES, CONTRACT NO.

Reference (Deposit): STRAM ENGINEERS, INC., 1979, CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST

Reference (Deposit): CANADIAN MINING AND MET. BULLETIN, FEB. 1980.

Reference (Deposit): O'HARA, T.A., QUICK GUIDES TO THE EVALUATION OF OREBODIES,

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA-ENNIS AND VIRGINIA CITY, AUGUST 1973.

Reference (Deposit): 1941-1970, CLIMATOGRAPHY OF THE U.S. NO.81 (BY STATE),

Reference (Deposit): ING SYMPOSIUM VOL. 167, NO. 3, MARCH 1966, PP. 94-97.

Reference (Deposit): ----, PELLET QUALITY - LOWER COSTS: KEYNOTE DULUTH IRON MIN-

Reference (Deposit): NO. 3, MARCH 1965, PP. 73-92.

Reference (Deposit): ORE MINE FIRST TACONITE PRODUCER IN THE WEST, VOL. 166,

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, U.S. STEEL'S ATLANTIC CITY

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.