Bentonite Prospect

Occurrence in Big Horn county in Montana, United States with commodity Bentonite
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172173
MAS/MILS ID 0300030146
Record type Site
Current site name Bentonite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.38961, 45.65163 (WGS84)
Elevation 997

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Dry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hardin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hardin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bighorn(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 035 E Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.38961, 45.65163

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNECHTEL, M.M., AND PATTERSON, S.H., 1956, USGS BULL. 1023,

  • Deposit

    P. 62.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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