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Rye Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010284
MRDS ID D003881
Record type Site
Current site name Rye Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.11344, 45.98127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MILES NORTH OF CONNERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robbins Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 020W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION 29 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.11344, 45.98127
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rye Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. T. Abbey, M. Wilson

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1961 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1960 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL 20 , P. 43

  • Deposit

    1961 COMPILE MBMG BULL 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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