Yellowstone Mine

Plant in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148791
MRDS ID W013390
MAS/MILS ID 0300570017
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowstone Mine
Alternate or previous names Cameron Mine, Cyprus, Mountain Tale
Related records 10070448

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -111.72695, 45.07601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bucks Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 S 001 W 04 SENWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.72695, 45.07601

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Milling method Sizing

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Luzenac America Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 95, 1975, P.41

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL 100, 1976, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 178.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM. 45, P. 53.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-96 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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