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Snake Butte Quarry

Past Producer in Blaine county in Montana, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10220788
MAS/MILS ID 0300050029
Record type Site
Current site name Snake Butte Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -108.8341, 48.39713 (WGS84)
Elevation 881
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Belknap Agency(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dodson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Havre(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Milk(hydrologic unit)

Milk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Milk(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 031 N 022 E 35 C S2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -108.8341, 48.39713
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Comments on the production information

  • AN ESTIMATED 882,582 CUBIC YARDS OF REPRAP WAS REMOVED AND USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FORT PECK DAM. BOTH LITERATURE REFERENCES MISLOCATED THE QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1976, STATUS OF MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE INFORMATION FOR THE FORT BELKNAP INDIAN

  • Deposit

    RESERVATION, MONTANA: ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-15, P41-42

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C R, ROBY, R N, AND HENKES, W C, 1964, MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES AND THEIR POTENTIAL ON INDIAN LANDS, FORT

  • Deposit

    BELKNAP RESERVATION, BLAINE AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES,

  • Deposit

    MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY

  • Deposit

    REPORT 156, P. 5-6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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