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Crystal Park

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Titanium, Metal
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012854
MRDS ID D008835
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Park
Alternate or previous names Hot Springs Creek, Price Creek
Related records 10269852

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09812, 45.47628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 10 MI N OF POLARIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 012W 16,17,20,21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2 SQ. MI OVAL AREA WITH LONG AXIS N-S. CENTER OF OVAL IS 2 MI N20E OF ELKHORN SPRINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Ore
Biotite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Greisen, K-Feldspar

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09812, 45.47628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 2413.95M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1979
Discoverer Robert C. Pearson, Byron R. Berger

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah International, Inc., Cominco American Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ALTERED ZONES ARE EXPOSED IN TRIANGULAR AREA OF ABOUT 80 SQ. KM.
Deposit CLAIMS STAKED OVER ENTIRE AREA IN 1980. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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