Custer Mine and Mill

Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269751
MAS/MILS ID 0300079000
Record type Site
Current site name Custer Mine and Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -111.64556, 46.4327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 001 E 19 NESE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINSTON, MT. GENERAL CUSTER MINE & MILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -111.64556, 46.4327

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Koppen Mining Construction Co.
    ID 2401569
    Home office Montana
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED OCT 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-85 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/27/1984
MSHA mine ID2401569
Mine name (MSHA)Custer Mill
Current operatorWestgate Mining & Construction Inc
Current controller (parent)Mowlem John Plc
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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