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Victor Placer Area

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Thorium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069128
MRDS ID W002546
Record type Site
Current site name Victor Placer Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -114.12096, 46.07403 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(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
007N;009N 020W;021W Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -114.12096, 46.07403
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-MODERN-FLUVIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bitterroot River Drainage Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLT, D.C., 1964, TITANIUM PLACER RESOURCES IN WESTERN MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 6365, P. 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS MADE UP OF HIGH AND LOW TERRACES WITH CLAY LENSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-72 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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