The Crystal Park is a molybdenum and titanium, metal mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum, Titanium, Metal
Lat, Long: 45.47639, -113.09722
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Crystal Park MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Park
Secondary: Hot Springs Creek
Secondary: Price Creek
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Pioneer Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Utah International, Inc., Cominco American Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1979
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Greisen, K-Feldspar
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rutile
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Location): 2 SQ. MI OVAL AREA WITH LONG AXIS N-S. CENTER OF OVAL IS 2 MI N20E OF ELKHORN SPRINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Deposit): TWO ALTERED ZONES ARE EXPOSED IN TRIANGULAR AREA OF ABOUT 80 SQ. KM.
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS STAKED OVER ENTIRE AREA IN 1980. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-706
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.
