Crystal Mountain

Producer in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221405
MRDS ID W006948
MAS/MILS ID 0300810001
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mountain
Related records 10069419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.88763, 46.00549 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bald Top Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 N 018 W 18 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euclase Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.88763, 46.00549

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Crystal Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Roberts Mining Co.
    ID 2400144
    Home office Montana
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 95 1975 P.33

  • Deposit

    OWNER/OPERATOR: ROBERTS MINING CO.

  • Deposit

    MIL SHEET NOS. 35 AND 36 ALSO FROM MPF #25.10

  • Deposit

    MBM & G IC 20, 1949, P45

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4916

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/17/1980
MSHA mine ID2400144
Mine name (MSHA)Crystal Mountain And Darby Mill
Current operatorRoberts Mining Co
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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External references