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Big Group Claims

Prospect in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270475
MAS/MILS ID 0300970016
Record type Site
Current site name Big Group Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.1141, 45.43212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2819
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

Picket Pin Mountain(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 005 S 013 E 03 C NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS ALSO IN SECTIONS 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14, T. 5 S., R. 13 E.; SECTIONS 29, 30, 31, 32, & 33, T. 4 S., R. 13 E.; SECTIONS 24 & 25, T. 4 S., R. 12 E.; SECTIONS 18, 19 & 20, T. 5 S., R. 14 E. THE ULTRAMAFIC ZONE OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR IRON (THIS AND OTHER CLAIMS), CHROMITE, NICKEL AND COPPER. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES ARE NUMEROUS AND MAY BE FOUND IN OTHER (MORE CURRENT) STILLWATER COMPLEX STUDIES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.1141, 45.43212
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUBLICATION 92,

  • Deposit

    P. 89.

  • Deposit

    MCHUGH, E., 1994, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-94 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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