Sand Basin Placers

Unknown in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123943
MRDS ID W002551
MAS/MILS ID 0300390038
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Basin Placers
Related records 10069133

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.70093, 46.19849 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Emerine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 N 017 W 10 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.70093, 46.19849

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS IN 15 SECTIONS OF TWP. 005N RANGE 017W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-84 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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