The Meadow Creek is a iron and titanium, metal mine located in Ravalli county, Montana at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Titanium, Metal
Lat, Long: 45.89361, -113.77361
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Meadow Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meadow Creek
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Titanium, Metal
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
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: 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.
Materials
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): 8 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ALONG MEADOW CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLT, C. D., 1964, TITANIUM PLACER RESOURCES IN WESTERN MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 6365, P. 11
Reference (Deposit): 1964 DIREXP U.S. BUREAU OF 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.
