The Beaver Creek is a niobium (columbium) mine located in Ravalli county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Niobium (Columbium)
Lat, Long: 45.52361, -114.32500
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Beaver Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beaver Creek
Commodity
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: Montana
County: Ravalli
District: Mineral Point
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marble Occurrances
Rocks
Name: Intrusive Carbonatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ANALYSED CONTAINED .1 TO .3 PERCENT COLUMBIUM.
Materials
Ore: Columbite
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE.
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT AND PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1960 , COLUMBIUM-RARE EARTH DEPOSITS, SOUTHERN RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL 18 , P. 39 .
Reference (Deposit): BERG, R. B., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERNMOST RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., MEM. 44 , P. 35 .
Reference (Deposit): 1960 GEOLMAP M. B. OF M. & GEOL., BULL 1
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
