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Magnetite from
Sheep Creek, Mineral Point Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sheep Creek, Mineral Point Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:700590
Long-form Identifier:1:3:700590:9
GUID (UUID V4):4792c0ca-ed07-4dc5-af60-23e3cf88760f
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
1.7km (1.1 miles) Columbine claims (Columbite Occurrence (MRDS - 10221637)), Mineral Point Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Beaver Creek Occurrence, Mineral Point Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Monazite Queen Claims, Mineral Hill Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) Silver King Claims (Uncle Sam; Calera Mine), Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
7.3km (4.6 miles) McConn Creek Deposit, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) Unknown Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10010266), Mineral Point Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Woods Creek Iron Mine (Copper Canyon Prospect), Mineral Point Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Lee Buck No. 3 Claim, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) Rocky Point No. 5 Occurrence, Mineral Point Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Lee - Buck No. 4 Claim, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CARBONATIC NIOBIUM-RARE EARTH DEPOSITS, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA* E. Wrr. Horxnrcn aNl A. A. LBvrxsotl,...Aesrnacr Carbonatic Nb RE deposits of Ravalli County, Montana contain chiefly doiomite and Sr-Ba calcite...allanite, quartz, barite, apatite, monazite, pyrite, magnetite, and columbite. Rarer unusual constituents are...GenerolStatement Mineral depositsof unusual characteristicsoccur in the southwestern corner of Montana in Ravalli...Ravalli County, in the headwatersof the West Fork of the Bitterroot River along the eastern flank of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 107 September–October NO. 6 Origins of Mineral Deposits, Belt-Purcell Basin, United States and...mesothermal Pb-Zn-Ag veins of the Coeur d’Alene district in northern Idaho (total production: Pb, 7.5 Mt;...associated polymetallic veins in the Butte district in Montana (total resource: Cu, 35 Mt; Zn, 4.6 Mt; Ag...years of production. Mining of 26 major vein deposits in the Coeur d’Alene district began in the 1880s...peaked about 1950. Production in the Coeur d’Alene district continues today from the Galena and Lucky Friday
Journal (issue)
—————————— Mineral News ————————————————— Page Mineral News Vol. 38, No. 12 December, 2022 The Mineral Collector’s...as it is often referred to, is a fairly common mineral that is often found in the upper, weathered portions...a shallow depth, capping the ore deposits. The mineral is soft, H-2 on Mohs scale, resinous or waxy and...at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...City cuts right through the middle of the Mining District. (Continued on page 2) The Moravian Territorial
Journal (issue)
—————————— Mineral News ————————————————— Page Mineral News Vol. 38, No. 2 February, 2022 The Mineral Collector’s...Recovery of a Trophy “Float Copper” in Keweenaw County of the Michigan Copper Country Tom Rosemeyer tajmahal@gilanet...page 8) Rare Earth Element Minerals from Sheep Creek, Montana Frank Dudás (foldudas@verizon.net) and Nilanjan...in the Sheep Creek area near the Montana – Idaho border, at the southern end of Ravalli County, Montana...called the Dark Star Mine, immediately east of Sheep Creek and the West Fork of the Bitterroot River. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...known as the duckbill dinosaur. Although a state mineral has not been designated, there are two official...gem and mineral literature has been published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting
Report (issue)
AND NIOBIUM-BEARING RUTILE OF THE MINERAL HILL ri.-7,IcT, LEMHI COUNTY, E. P. Kaii2_' Jaly 1956 OPEN...fault faults Origin of the metamorphic rocks Mineral deposits General Deposits of rare elements Origin...minerals from Mineral Hill district, Idaho 34 FIGURES Figure 1.--Index map of Lemhi County, Idaho 5 ...--Location map of part of Lemhi County, Idaho, and Ravalli County, Montana 6 Figure 3.--Preliainary geologic...geologic map of the Mineral Hill district, Lemhi County, Idaho Figure 4.--Nap of Silver King and Lee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ag-Pb-Zn Vein Mineralization in the Coeur d’Alene District, Idaho JEFFREY L. MAUK† Geology Department, University...mesothermal Ag-Pb-Zn vein ore in the Coeur d’Alene district of northern Idaho. Although it had long been recognized...the first 100 yr of mining in this district. In northern Idaho and western Montana, the Revett Formation...middle, and upper members. In the Coeur d’Alene district, most ore production south of the regionally significant...Formation. Base metal veins in the Coeur d’Alene district occur in relatively thick, chemically reduced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral. Deposita 25, 163-168 (1990) MINERALIUM DEPOSITA 9 Springer-Verlag 1990 The Idaho cobalt belt...e s A metamorphosed Proterozoic exhalative ore district J.L. Nold Department of Earth Sciences, Central...Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri USA 64093 Abstract. In the Idaho cobalt belt, originally...United States. The most important deposit in the district is the Blackbird mine which produced copper-cobalt...from the early 1900's until about 1960. The Iron Creek deposit at the southeast end of the belt has undergone
Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...BULLETIN 1766 Mineral Resources of the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana By R. C. PEARSON...ation Data Mineral resources of the Eastern Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana. (U.S. Geological...3:1766 1. Mines and mineral resources-Montana-Pioneer Mountains. 2. Oredeposits-Montana-Pioneer Mountains...Mountains. 3. Geology-Montana-Pioneer Mountains. I. Pearson, Robert Carl, 1926II. Series. 87-600055 557.3 s QE75
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONCENTRATIONS IN Co-Cu-Au ORES OF THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, IDAHO JOHN F. SLACK† U.S. Geological Survey,...of strata-bound Co-Cu-Au ore from the Blackbird district in Idaho shows previously unknown high concentrations...Deposits of the Blackbird District Co-Cu-Au deposits of the Blackbird district constitute the only significant...and Scales, 2001). Based on data from the Hanna Mining Co., Bennett (1977, table 2) calculated unmined...from 1978 to 1982 but no mining was done. From 1994 to the present the district has been explored by Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analysis,and by making laboratoryand eastMissourilead district,in Ridge,J. D., ed., Ore depositsin officespaceavailableto...appreciationparticularly to Kenneth Anderson, Inst. Mining Metall. PetroleumEngineers,p. 826-858 STRATABOUND...SUPERGROUP OF MONTANA IAN M. LANGE Departmentof Geology,Universityof Montana, Missoula,Montana 59812 AND...together with magnetite in light-colored quartzites of the Revett Formation of the Ravalli The ooid-peloid-mud... mation of dolomite rhombs. 1) occursnear Wolf Creek and near Red Mountain Mineralizationconsistsprimarily
Report (issue)
PRELIMINARY MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE ELK CITY 1°X2° QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA: Compilation...Compilation of geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral deposits information By KAREN LUND1, HENRY V........ SECTION E: MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT................................. Mineral Occurrences, Prospects...1. Index map of mining districts in the Elk City I°x2° quadrangle, Idaho and Montana...................1979........... A2. Index to geologic mapping in Montana and to mapping in Idaho available after 1979 .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1955 GEOLOGY OF THE LIMA REGION, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA AND ADJACENT IDAHO BY ROBERT SCHOLTEN, K. A. KEENMON...southwest corner of Beaverhead County, Montana, and an adjacent portion of Clark County, Idaho, covers most of... Metamorphic rocks include the Pony and Cherry Creek groups and the Dillon granite gneiss, all pre-Beltian...diastrophism metamorphosed the Pony and Cherry Creek rocks and the partly syntectonic Dillon granite...present cycle of erosion is in the mature stage. Mineral resources in the region are largely undeveloped
Report (issue)
FUELS THE NEW WORLD OR COOKE CITY MINING DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, MONTANA By T. S. LOVERING f INTRODUCTION...% : * In the pioneer days of Montana the New World mining district was regarded as one of ,its most...from the district, but little information has hitherto been available as to the geology and mining. To supply...supply this need the district was studied and mapped during the summers of 1922 and 1923. FIELD WORK AND... was devoted to a study of the geology of the district. About six weeks in July and August, 1925, was
Report (volume)
_: O Schmidt ROCKS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE \VOI I CREEK AREA, MONTANA Geological Survey Bulletin... Rocks and Mineral Resources of the Wolf Creek Area, Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana By ROBERT...front of the northern Rocky Mountains in western Montana UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...Rocks and mineral resources of the Wolf Creek area, Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana. (Geological...Geology Montana Lewis and Clark Co. 2. Geology Montana Cascade County. 3. Mines and mineral resources
Report (issue)
hematite iron oxide-copper-gold mega-annum magnesium magnetite manganese alabandite Mississippi Valley-type nickel... Abstract Cobalt (Co) is a potentially critical mineral. The vast majority of cobalt is a byproduct of...only sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform copper district that contains significant cobalt. Its presence...with ultramafic rocks, typified by the Bou Azzer district of Morocco, represent another type of primary...Belt-Purcell basin of British Columbia (Canada), Idaho, Montana, and Washington for different styles of sedimentary
Report (issue)
------------------------------------------Inyo Creek Formation--------------------------------------------West...----------Big Creek Formation--------------------------------------------· Apple Creek Formation----...Range-----------------------------------------------Morgan Creek-------------------------------------------------------Ellis...---Twelvemile Creek and Perreau Creek---------------------Yellowjacket mining district--------------...-------------~---Carmen Creek-----------------------------------------------------North Fork, Idaho,
Report (issue)
SURVEY MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA Edited...SUMMARY MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA U.S....in west-central Montana. It lies in the vicinity of Helena, the capitol city of Montana, and includes Federal...was discovered in the region in Powell County in 1852. Mining began in the 1860's, and since then the...minerals. * At the time of this study, the only mineral production within the Forest is gold from small-scale
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS NEAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MEAGHER COUNTY, MONTANA, BY G. E. GOODSPEED CONTENTS Pag© Abstract....,.,,. Iron Ore Deposits in the Vicinity of Sheep Creek * Location and ownership ........» General Geology...*o. ...... »...*... Rin^ling Property on Willov/ Creek southeast of "Miite Sulphur Springs Reserves .....DEPOSITS NEAR TSEITE SULPHUR SPRINGS MEAGEER COMITY, MONTANA G« E. Goodspeed ABSTRACT The iron deposits near...deposits adjacent to Sheep Creek; end (2) those to the southeast, the magnetite deposits in the Castle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contact Zone in Montana. 219 The Contact Zone of Sheep Creek, Little Belt Mountains, Montana. By J. H. TAYLOR...nine miles south-south-east of the once prosperous mining town of Neihart the road crosses the divide at...from Cascade County into Meagher County, starts a long and gradual descent into Sheep Creek. Along the...the side of the creek for a distance of several miles a series of sections reveal that the country rock...along the side of the valley and to the bed of Sheep Creek below. As far as can be gathered from these the
Book (edition)
(Jacupiranga, Brazil). In addition deposits of fluorite, magnetite, vanadium, and vermiculite occur associated with...and H. W. Fairbairn (1962B) 9-3: Engineering and Mining Journal (Anonymous, 1961) 9-4: Canadian Geological...carbonatites to subsilicic alkalic igneous rocks point to the necessity of considering the origin of carbonatites...and potential producers of such diverse economic mineral products as phosphate, Fe, Cu, barite, vermiculite...field work on the Iron Hill complex of Gunnison County, Colorado, in 1912-1913. Although his final results
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
REE-Bearing Copper-Cobalt Ore Deposits, Blackbird District, East-Central Idaho: Epigenetic Origins K. LUND...(± Ag ± Ni ± REE) ore deposits of the Blackbird district, east-central Idaho, have previously been classified...section. New studies indicate that, across the district, mineralization was introduced into the country...maintain consistent order and sulfide mineral associations across the district. Both early and late quartz veins...of a regional thrust fault. Specifically, the district lies within an oblique thrust ramp containing
Report (issue)
various cooperating agencies, as indicated, Creek, Delta Creek, and Bradley Lake, Alaska, and the geology...Division concern the potential waterpower of Cascade Creek, Scenery MAPS AND REPORTS 1. Ames, F. C,, Sediment...report on the geology of Lake Mary quadrangle, Iron County, Mich.; 133 p., 7 pls., 37 figs., 4 tables. Mar...groundwater development in the Fort Stockton area, Pecos County, Tex.: 105 p., 1 pl., 4 figs. Sept. 21, 1956. 302...in vicinity of Philmont Boy Scout Ranch, Colfax County, N.Mex.: 14p. Oct. 16, 1956. 279 Geology Bldg.
Report (volume)
with the diorites...............'............ Mineral deposits in the diorites.........................orpiment...................................... Magnetite............................................................ Lode mining.............................................. Placer mining............................. ....:......... ^............ Oceanic Mining Company......................:............ Holkham.......................................... Powers Creek......................................... ^... Port
Report (issue)
__________________________________________ Adirondack district, New York___ ________________l_l__-_____ New Jersey..._-_ Birmingham district, Alabama-_____-__-___________-------__ Russellville district, Alabama-_--___...Alabama-_--_____-_-_-________---___-_Northwestern Georgia district..._____________________________ Lake Superior region...--_-_-_-__--_------_-__-__________--___-_--__Iron Springs district, Utah_-___--__-___________------_____ Eagle Mountains...deposits, California__________--_--___-__Hartville district, Wyoming________________________________-_ Alaska
 
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