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Dearborn River Titanium/Iron Occurrence

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010517
MRDS ID D004262
Record type Site
Current site name Dearborn River Titanium/Iron Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11756, 47.20823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 23 MI. SE OF AUGUSTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coburn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri-Dearborn(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017N 004W 08,16,17,20,21,27,28,34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • OCCURS IN 8 SECTIONS ALONG DEARBORN RIVER IN VIRGELLE SANDSTONE. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE GIVEN IS ARBITRARY POINT IN CENTER OF AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Virgelle Sandstone
    Rock description Virgelle Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11756, 47.20823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURRENCE IS IN TOP OF VIRGELLE SANDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, ROGER G., 1979, ROCKS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WOLF CREEK AREA, LEWIS AND CLARK AND CASCADE COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS BULL 1441, P. 69

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON R.G. SCHMIDT: BULL. 144

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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