Camas Creek Pyroxenite Stock

Occurrence in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221911
MAS/MILS ID 0300590117
Record type Site
Current site name Camas Creek Pyroxenite Stock

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -111.14975, 46.62711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Logan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 005 E 18 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -111.14975, 46.62711

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 259.6HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 259.6
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF CAMAS CREEK AREA MEAGHER CO MT BIRKHOLZ 1967 MONT

  • Deposit

    S THESIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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