Pika Gypsum Deposit

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010328
MRDS ID D003934
Record type Site
Current site name Pika Gypsum Deposit
Related records 10245725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91613, 44.93351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES NW OF BLACK BUTTE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010S 003W 25 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION POINTS ABOVE ARE FOR CENTER OF SECTION 25 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91613, 44.93351

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottonwood

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kitson, Roy
    Home office Alder, Mt

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1975 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 95

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE MBMG, BULL 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.