Sheep Creek

Producer in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities REE, Thorium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008958
MRDS ID D001521
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.33427, 45.49988 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shoup(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(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 004S 022W 04,03 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.33427, 45.49988

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, COLUMBIUM-RARE-EARTH DEPOSITS, SOUTHERN RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 18, P. 32-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL FOR AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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