Frank Marion Group

The Frank Marion Group is a mine located in Cascade county, Montana at an elevation of 6,155 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: Frank Marion Group
Secondary: Hurricane and Tornado
Secondary: Thunder Mtn.

Commodity

Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Montana
County: Cascade

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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Shull, Aaron R.
Percent: 66.00
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1977

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Sulfur
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE APPEARS TO BE OF GOOD GRADE IMPURE LIMONITE AREA HEAVILY FORESTED

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS GOODSPEED PRELIM REPT IRON ADJACENT TO BELT CR MEAGHER

Reference (Deposit): USGS 20TH ANN REPT 1899 GEOLOGY OF LITTLE BELT MTS

Reference (Deposit): GOODSPEED, PRELIM REPT IRON DEPOSITS ADJACENT TO YOGO PK OPE

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL & WATER RESOURSES OF MONT.R.D.GEACH MBMG SP-28

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF UPPER MO.RV.BASIN HUBBARD ROBY CT USBM

Reference (Deposit): MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS CASCADE CO.MT. ROBERTSON USBM IC-75

Reference (Deposit): CASCADE COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Reference (Deposit): IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA DEMUNCK V C 1956 MBMG IC-13

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.