Section 8 Tuff No. 2

Prospect in Flathead county in Montana, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221088
MAS/MILS ID 0300290005
Record type Site
Current site name Section 8 Tuff No. 2
Alternate or previous names Section 8 Tuff No.2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.59879, 47.94658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Flathead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kofford Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Flathead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025 N 023 W 08 W2NWNW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • OTHER DEPOSITS OWNED BY NPRR OCCUR IN SECTION 18 (SEE 0300290058) AND ANOTHER IN SECTION 8 (SEE 0300290059).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.59879, 47.94658

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Pacific Railroad
    Interest 100
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JUN-93 Rice U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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