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Troy Area

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodity Platinum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10038140
MRDS ID M045426
Record type Site
Current site name Troy Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.88326, 48.45876 (WGS84)
Elevation 570
Relative position NEAR TOWN OF TROY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Libby(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootenai 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 031N 034W 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CADASTRAL COORDINATES BASED ON LOCATION ESTIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.88326, 48.45876
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ABOUT THE OCCURENCE OF THIS DEPOSIT. THE AREA IS WITHIN EXTENSIVE EXPOSURES OF THE BELT SUPERGROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROWE, J.P., 1928, MINOR METALS AND NON-METALLIC MINERALS OF MONTANA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 125, NO. 20, P. 818.

  • Deposit

    LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, 152 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON NATURE OF DEPOSIT
Deposit THIS AREA IS NOT INCLUDED IN LYDEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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