Victor Placer Area

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Thorium, Garnet, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069105
MRDS ID W002502
Record type Site
Current site name Victor Placer Area
Related records 10173364

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16762, 46.41655 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE WEST OF VICTOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Victor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(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
007N;009N 021W Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG. ESTIMATED FROM USBM REPT. IVEST. 6365, P. 12.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16762, 46.41655

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bitterroot River Drainage Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL VOLUME OF DEPOSIT IN CU. YD. NOT GIVEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLT, D. C., 1964, TITANIUM PLACER RESOURCES IN WESTERN MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 6365, P. 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS MADE UP OF HIGH AND LOW TERRACES WITH CLAY LENSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1991 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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