Peterson Farm

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019527
MRDS ID DC10753
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Farm
Related records 10245757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67003, 45.95462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 7 MILES NW OF THREE FORKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milligan Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 001W 01,02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2 SPOT LOCATIONS; ONE IS ABOUT 100 YDS WEST, THE OTHER IS 1 MILE WEST OF THE JEFFERSON-BROADWATER BOUNDARY ON COUNTY ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Gangue
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67003, 45.95462

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.25M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINOR OCCURANCE IN AND PENECONCORDANT WITH SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, 1962, USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT, G.E., 1958, URANIUM IN CARBONACEOUS ROCKS IN THE TOWNSEND AND HELENA VALLEYS, MONTANA, USGS BULL 1046-G, P. 162.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10-06-1971

  • Deposit

    1958 BECRAFT, BULL 1046-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE BED OF CARBONACEOUS SHALE EXPOSED ON BOTH SIDES OF A GRADED COUNTRY ROAD

Reporter information

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