Heath

Prospect in Wheatland county in Montana, United States with commodities Vanadium, Petroleum (Oil), Zinc, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000745
MRDS ID ISM0571
Record type District
Current site name Heath

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0008, 46.49992 (WGS84)
Relative position AREA FROM RF4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twodot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Musselshell(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Wheatland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Petroleum (Oil) Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.0008, 46.49992

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BLACK SHALE FACIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DESBOROUGH, G.A., POOLE, F.G., GREEN, G.N., 1981, METALLIFEROUS OIL SHALES IN CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTHEASTERN NEVADA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-121, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    DESBOROUGH, G.A., AND POOLE, F.G., 1983, METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN SOME MARINE BLACK SHALES OF THE U.S., IN SHANKS, W.C., ED., CAMERON VOL. ON UNCONVENTIONAL MINERAL DEPOSITS: SOC. MIN. ENG., AIME, N.Y., P. 99-110.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1981, MONTANA OIL SHALES: MINING JOURNAL, NOV., P. 393

Beyond USGS

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