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Rye Creek Deposit

Occurrence 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069129
MRDS ID W002547
Record type Site
Current site name Rye Creek Deposit
Related records 10173164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.62488, 47.03471 (WGS84)
Relative position No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of second order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fergus(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glengarry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Judith(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Montana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
002N 020W 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

(1) -109.62488, 47.03471
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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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL VOLUME IN CUBIC YARDS NOT GIVEN FOR DEPOSIT.

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    HOLT, 1964

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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