Cameron Creek Placer

Unknown in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Thorium, Uranium
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294651
MRDS ID DO05561
MAS/MILS ID 0300810052
Record type Site
Current site name Cameron Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.95783, 45.90769 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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 002 N 019 W 21 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Thorium Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8268, 1965, P18

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6365, 1964, P16-17

  • Deposit

    2MI NE SULA, ACCESS- GRAVELED ROAD OFF U.S. HIGHWAY 93

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SECS 15,16,22,27,34 AND TIN, R19W SECS 3,4,9 AND 10

  • Deposit

    MIL SHEET NOS. 53-62,65-73, 75-111 AND 135-161

  • Deposit

    USGS, GSC ID # LIST, JUNE 95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PREVIOUS GSC ID # WO02548. USGS LIST OF JUNE 95 LISTED AS GSC ID# DO05561 (NEW #), ALSO USGS LAT/LONG OF N455500/W1135730 ONLY SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE MAS-MILS DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUN-95 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.