Dark Star Group

Unknown in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245443
MRDS ID W016903
MAS/MILS ID 0300810030
Record type Site
Current site name Dark Star Group
Alternate or previous names Sheep Creek Adit #2, Sheep Creek Adit #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.30064, 45.51818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(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 004 S 022 W 03 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.30064, 45.51818

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 8, 1957, P53

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 18, 1960, P32-39

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 20, 1960, P43

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE # 0300810030

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I. 5693

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT EXTENDS INTO SECTIONS 1,2,3,4,T42, R22W. RARE TANTALUM-FREE COLUMBIUM MINERAL FERSMITE,FOUND ONLY AT THIS LOCATION AND IN U.S.S.R, AND COLUMBITE, ARE THE PRINCIPAL MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.