Brilliant

Prospect in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197454
MAS/MILS ID 0300970057
Record type Site
Current site name Brilliant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.2105, 45.21022 (WGS84)
Elevation 2890
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haystack Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 S 012 E 22 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.2105, 45.21022

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-89, 1989, SAMPLES 167

  • Deposit

    AND 168 (TABLE & PLATE 1).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTE: THIS SITE WAS EXAMINED IN 1974 AS PART OF THE NORTH ABSAROKA STUDY AREA PROJECT, BUT WAS NOT DESCRIBED IN U.S. SURVEY BULLETIN 1505 (1983).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-94 Stotelmeyer, Ron U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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