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Magnetite from
McCalla Creek Placer Area, Bitterroot River Drainage Area, Ravalli County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Area
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 McCalla Creek Placer Area, Bitterroot River Drainage Area, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:499352
Long-form Identifier:1:3:499352:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘVictor Placer Area, Bitterroot River Drainage Area, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘLolo Quartz Deposit (Schroeder and Maclay Deposits), Missoula County, Montana, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘCleveland Mine, Eight Mile Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘRock Creek Sapphire (American Sapphire Gem Mine; Gem Mountain Mine; Anaconda-Sapphire Gulches; Chaussee Sapphire Corp. Mine; American Gem Corp.), Rock Creek Mining District, Granite County, Montana, USA
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘBlacklead Iron Prospect, Black Lead Mining District, Clearwater County, Idaho, USA
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘSnowbird Mine, Cedar Creek Mining District, Mineral County, Montana, USA
64.4km (40.0 miles) ⓘCameron Creek Placer, Sula Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘRedemption Iron Mine, Franklin Hill Iron Deposit (Tarriff; Courtney Manganiferous Iron Deposit; Courtney Prospect), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
68.7km (42.7 miles) ⓘPocahontas (Part of Trout Mine Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite County, Montana, USA
71.2km (44.2 miles) ⓘMeadow Creek Occurrence, Sula Mining District, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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