Bentonite Occurrence

Occurrence in Big Horn county in Montana, United States with commodity Bentonite
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269648
MAS/MILS ID 0300030214
Record type Site
Current site name Bentonite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.42011, 45.72773 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Dry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hardin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hardin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bighorn(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001 S 035 E 20 S2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.42011, 45.72773

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BIA, 1975, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-7, P.104

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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