Beaver Hill Mines

Producer in Big Horn county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181851
MAS/MILS ID 0560030155
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver Hill Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.04242, 44.48323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1190
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greybull South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Basin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Horn Lake(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 052 N 093 W 09 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.04242, 44.48323

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Dresser Minerals Division, Dresser Ind Inc
    ID 4800603
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-1979 Rlw U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 07/06/1984
MSHA mine ID4800603
Mine name (MSHA)Magnet Cove Mine
Current operatorWyo-Ben, Inc
Current controller (parent)David Brown
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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