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Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010266
MRDS ID D003858
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.32733, 45.56794 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF ALTA

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 003S 022W 20,21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE FOR OCCURENCES IN AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Palladium Gangue
Platinum Gangue

Analytical data

Result A COMPOSITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 34.7 % FE2O3 AND 1.8 % FEO
Result LESS THAN 10 PPB PLATINUM, LESS THAN .4 PPB PALLADIUM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32733, 45.56794
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10.06M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Detrital Paleo Beach

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Point

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERG, B. B., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN MOST RAVALLI CO., MONTANA, MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM 44 , P. 35

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON MBMG., MEM. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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