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Beaver Creek

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodity Niobium (Columbium)
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10010267
MRDS ID D003859
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.32594, 45.52349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 7 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 004S 022W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Marble Occurrances

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ANALYSED CONTAINED .1 TO .3 PERCENT COLUMBIUM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Carbonatite, Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32594, 45.52349
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Mineral Point

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT AND PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1960 , COLUMBIUM-RARE EARTH DEPOSITS, SOUTHERN RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL 18 , P. 39 .

  • Deposit

    BERG, R. B., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERNMOST RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., MEM. 44 , P. 35 .

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOLMAP M. B. OF M. & GEOL., BULL 1

Reporter information

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

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