Great Eastern & Great Western

Unknown in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Manganese, Silver
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 10124999
MAS/MILS ID 0300590037
Record type Site
Current site name Great Eastern & Great Western
Alternate or previous names Bamboo Chief, Elkhorn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.68273, 46.47021 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Town(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Musselshell(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 008 E 11 SWSENE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • GREAT EASTERN LOCATED 213M EAST OF BRIDGE OVER HAMILTON CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.68273, 46.47021

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7540, 1950, P. 21

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 64, 1968, P. 44-45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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