The Cameron Creek Placer is a titanium, metal and iron mine located in Ravalli county, Montana at an elevation of 4,560 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: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)
Commodity: Titanium, Metal, Iron
Lat, Long: 45.91667, -113.95833
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Cameron Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cameron Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Primary: Iron
Secondary: REE
Secondary: Zirconium
Location
State: Montana
County: Ravalli
District: Sula District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sapphire Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BLACK SAND CONTENT IN 8 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 4.5 TO 33.3 LB/CU YD. ILMENITE WAS 25 TO 75% OF SAND. MONZONITE AVERAGED 0.5 LB/CU YD. ZIRCON WAS 0.26 LB/CU YD AND GARNET 0.28 LB/CU YD.
Materials
Ore: Garnet
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STRAM ALLUVIUM DERIVED FROM COARSE-GRAINED GRANITIC COUNTRY ROCK AND SMALL PEGMATITE DIKES.
Comment (Workings): TEST PITS ONLY.
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT EXTENCDS 5 MILES ALONG CAMERON CREEK, INCLUDING LOWER PARTS OF DORAN AND HART CREEKS.
Comment (Development): 6 TEST PITS 2 TO 4 FT IN DEPTH, AND 2 CHANNEL SAMPLES FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES 7 TO 10 FT IN DEPTH. BEDROCK WAS NOT REACHED.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLT, D. C., 1964, TITANIUM PLACERS - WESTERN MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 6365, P. 16-17.
Reference (Deposit): KAUFFMAN, A. J., AND HOLT, D. C., 1965, ZIRCON- REVIEW OF WEST COAST RESOURCES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8268, P. 18-19.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 DIREXP US BUR MINES, R.I. 636
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.
