Independence A

Prospect in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221436
MAS/MILS ID 0300970063
Record type Site
Current site name Independence A

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.2258, 45.21602 (WGS84)
Elevation 2970
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 Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.2258, 45.21602

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Independence District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIE SITE WAS EXAMINED IN 1974 DURING THE NORTH ABSAROKA STUDY AREA PROJECT, BUT WAS NOT DESCRIBED IN USGS BULL. 1505.

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.

External references