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Yellowstone River Drainage Area

Occurrence in Montana, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Thorium
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069135
MRDS ID W002553
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowstone River Drainage Area

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

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

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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