Basin Mill

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221300
MAS/MILS ID 0300439000
Record type Site
Current site name Basin Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.26228, 46.2688 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 N 005 W 17 SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.26228, 46.2688

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The Billern Corp, P. O. B. 465,Basin, Mt
    ID 2401401
    Home office Montana
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-84.

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors NO DISCHARGING ADITS, FILLED SHAFTS, SEEPS, OR SPRINGS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. NO SURFACE WATER WAS FLOWING ON OR NEAR THE SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THE NEAREST SURFACE WATER WAS OVER 1,000 FEET AWAY; NO SURFACE WATER SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED DUE TO THE LACK OF A DIRECT RUNOFF ROUTE. NO HAZARDOUS MINE OPENINGS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-NOV-94 O'Brien, Mary Ann 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)

StatusAbandoned since 01/22/1990
MSHA mine ID2401401
Mine name (MSHA)Basin Mill
Current operatorIntermountain Mineral Engineers Inc
Current controller (parent)Rice Robert A
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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External references