| Deposit ID | 10011225 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005561 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cameron Creek Placer |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.95926, 45.91656 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1390 |
| Relative position | 25 MILES SSE OF HAMILTON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ravalli(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
French Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(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)
Federal lands
Bitterroot National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Ravalli |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 002N | 019W | 16,15,22,27,34 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| REE Critical | Secondary |
| Zirconium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Garnet | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | BLACK SAND CONTENT IN 8 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 4.5 TO 33.3 LB/CU YD. ILMENITE WAS 25 TO 75% OF SAND. MONZONITE AVERAGED 0.5 LB/CU YD. ZIRCON WAS 0.26 LB/CU YD AND GARNET 0.28 LB/CU YD. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium |
| (1) | -113.95926, 45.91656 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Idaho Batholith |
| Length | 8046.5M |
|---|---|
| Width | 91.44M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sula District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005561 |
HOLT, D. C., 1964, TITANIUM PLACERS - WESTERN MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 6365, P. 16-17.
KAUFFMAN, A. J., AND HOLT, D. C., 1965, ZIRCON- REVIEW OF WEST COAST RESOURCES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8268, P. 18-19.
1964 DIREXP US BUR MINES, R.I. 636
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STRAM ALLUVIUM DERIVED FROM COARSE-GRAINED GRANITIC COUNTRY ROCK AND SMALL PEGMATITE DIKES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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