Pryor Mtns

Occurrence in Carbon county in Montana, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008963
MRDS ID D001529
Record type Site
Current site name Pryor Mtns

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.36741, 45.19993 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Pryor Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridger(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Horn Lake(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(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 Carbon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.36741, 45.19993

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JARRARD, L.D., 1957, SOME OCCURRENCES OF URANIUM AND THORIUM IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MISC. CONTR. 15, P. 35-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL FOR AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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