Cameron Creek Placer

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

Name: Cameron Creek Placer  

State:  Montana

County:  Ravalli

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

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.