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Cracker Lake Mine (Prospect)Horse Lake (Occurrence)Lower Kiowa Deposits + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Titanium (Occurrence)Cutbank Ridge + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Two Medicine Ridge (Occurrence)North Browning (Occurrence)Star School Deposit (Occurrence)Radar Station Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Bufflo Lake Deposit (Occurrence)Titanium Occurrence (Occurrence)Rimrock Butte (Occurrence)Titanium-Iron Occurrence (Occurrence)Unnamed Location + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Iron-Titanium Occurrence (Occurrence)Iron-Titanium Occurrence (Occurrence)Iron Occurrence (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
17 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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Cracker Lake Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 of the minerals on our cards and 1 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as prospect for Copper. Minerals mentioned: Copper. Approx. location 48.740, -113.644. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

22
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Iron 19Titanium 3Copper 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Lower Kiowa DepositsTitanium—Occurrence48.572, -113.241
TitaniumIron—Occurrence48.755, -113.224
Cracker Lake MineCopper—Prospect48.740, -113.644
Radar Station DepositIron—Occurrence48.933, -112.826
Cutbank RidgeIron—Occurrence48.568, -113.215
Iron-Titanium OccurrenceIron—Occurrence48.761, -112.221
Unnamed LocationIron—Occurrence48.440, -112.772
Badger Creek DepositsIron—Occurrence48.404, -112.762
Star School DepositIron—Occurrence48.636, -113.128
Bufflo Lake DepositIron—Occurrence48.869, -112.770
Kiowa Junction DepositIron—Occurrence48.553, -113.274
Two Medicine RidgeIron—Occurrence48.527, -113.169
East Kiowa No. 2 ExtensionIron—Occurrence48.563, -113.232
North BrowningIron—Occurrence48.698, -113.103
Iron OccurrenceIron—Occurrence48.526, -112.253
Rimrock ButteIron—Occurrence48.719, -112.789
Kennedy CouleeIron—Occurrence48.939, -112.836
High Knob DepositIron—Occurrence48.537, -113.207
South ForkIron—Occurrence48.552, -113.224
Horse LakeIron—Occurrence48.732, -113.244
Titanium-Iron OccurrenceIron—Occurrence48.564, -112.804
Titanium OccurrenceTitanium—Occurrence48.791, -112.789
Iron-Titanium OccurrenceTitanium—Occurrence48.361, -112.739

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 47 fossil collection records in Glacier County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Pondera County · Teton County · Flathead County · Lake County · Liberty County

Montana mineral guides

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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