Big Chief Mine

Prospect in Sanders 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294936
MAS/MILS ID 0300890102
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.21346, 47.20348 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saddle Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017 N 021 W 25 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.21346, 47.20348

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-22, U.S. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,

  • Deposit

    FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, MT., 1976, PP. 45 B& 46.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.