Unnamed Copper Occurrence

Occurrence in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294385
MAS/MILS ID 0300970014
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.94219, 45.48682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meyer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillwater(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 004 S 014 E 13 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.94219, 45.48682

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE SAMPLE SENT FOR MINERAL I.D. A VEIN 4 FT. THICK CONTAINED SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE. NO LENGTH OR WIDTH GIVEN BECAUSE OF OVERBURDEN. OCCURRENCE ONLY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-NOV-94 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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