Smith #3 Mine

Past Producer in Billings county in North Dakota, United States with commodities Lignite, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126884
MAS/MILS ID 0380070038
Record type Site
Current site name Smith #3 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.32838, 46.70556 (WGS84)
Elevation 0
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Billings(county)

North Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Ridge North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dickinson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Little Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Little Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Little Missouri(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Dakota Billings

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 137 N 100 W 05 CN1/2 North Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lignite Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Sentinel Butte Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Bellfield

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRR-2185, PRR-2172 (USGS FILES, 1956).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-93 Boleneus, David E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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