Porcupine Ridge

Past Producer in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodity Stone
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019142
MRDS ID DC08781
Record type Site
Current site name Porcupine Ridge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.24139, 45.21102 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 35 MILES SSW OF BOZEMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Indian Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallatin(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 004E 21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.24139, 45.21102

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WELDED TUFF CAPPING RIDGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HALL, W.B., 1961, THESIS, P. 175.

  • Deposit

    USFS, GALLATIN NF MAP, 1970.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-28-1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT, ATTRACTIVE, EASILY WORKED STONE. QUARRY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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.