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Meadow Creek

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094364
MRDS ID D005562
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.77454, 45.8935 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 30 MILES SE OF HAMILTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jennings Camp Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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
Montana Principal 002N 018W 25,36,24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 8 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ALONG MEADOW CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result 8 PAN AND GRAB SAMPLES RANGED 2-15 LB BLACK SAND/CU. YD, 25-30% ILMENITE, 50-60% MAGNETITE, 1% GARNET, 1% ZIRCON, TRACE MONAZITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.77454, 45.8935
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alluvium

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sula District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLT, C. D., 1964, TITANIUM PLACER RESOURCES IN WESTERN MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 6365, P. 11

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXP U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 636

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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