Bon Ton-Fairplay

Prospect in Cascade county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172949
MAS/MILS ID 0300130041
Record type Site
Current site name Bon Ton-Fairplay
Alternate or previous names Bon Ton, Fairplay and Bon Ton

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.64804, 47.08161 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belt(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Great Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Cascade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015 N 008 E 01 S2SESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.64804, 47.08161

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Barker Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-28.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7589, P.81, 1951, ROBERTSON.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 752, 1973, FIG. 25, P. 46.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors ONE DISCHARGING ADIT WAS IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED FOR CADMIUM AND ANTIMONY IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. THE PH MEASUREMENT IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE WAS 6.10 AND THE SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE WAS 980 UMHOS/CM. THE INTERMITTENT MCKAY GULCH WAS FLOWING DIRECTLY THROUGH THE SITE (THROUGH THE WASTE ROCK DUMPS IN PLACES). OBSERVED RELEASES TO MCKAY GULCH WERE DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC, CADMIUM, IRON, MANGANESE, LEAD, AND ZINC. THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR CADMIUM WAS EXCEEDED IN THE DOWNSTREAM MCKAY GULCH SAMPLE AND WAS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SITE. MATERIAL TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS TAILINGS: NO ELEMENTS WERE ELEVATED MORE THAN THREE TIMES BACKGROUND. LEAD AND ZINC WERE MODERATELY ELEVATED ABOVE BACKGROUND CONCENTRATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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