Mine detail: Sheep Creek Iron

Previously called 'Black Butte RichmondVulcan'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.76185, -110.95502

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1975

Geology

Structure:Gentle East - Trending Anticline, Brecciation

References

MRDSW026556
DEP10078292
Reference{Deposit:: REED, G. C., 1949 , INVESTIGATION OF THE SHEEP CREEK IRON DEPOSITS, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONT.: US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4400 , 9 P.}{Deposit:: ROBY, R. N., 1950 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) MEAGHER COUNTY, MONT.: US BUREAU OF MINES IC 7540 , P. 33 , 34.}{Deposit:: DE MUNCK, V. C., 1956 , IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 13 , 49 P. 34 - 37.}{Deposit:: GOODSPEED, G.E., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON IRON ORE DEPOSITS NEAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 15 P.}{Deposit:: 1943 COMPILE GOODSPEED, G. E., OPEN FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: 1948 COMPILE USBM PUBLISHED INF. CIRC.}{Deposit:: 1949 COMPILE USBM PUBLISHED INF. CIRC.}{Deposit:: 1956 COMPILE MBMG PUBLISHED REPORT}
ReporterJohns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg