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Prospect in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum
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  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197444
MRDS ID M060094
MAS/MILS ID 0300970037
Record type Site
Current site name Initial
Related records 10042341, 10177033

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.94499, 45.38632 (WGS84)
Elevation 2605
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meyer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillwater(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(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 Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 S 014 E 24 SENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.94499, 45.38632
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4368, 1948, P. 29-31.

  • Deposit

    MCHUGH, E., 1994, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE INITIAL AREA NEAR INITIAL CREEK WEST OF THE MOUAT MINE SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE INITIAL CLAIMS IN NYE BASIN EAST OF MOUAT MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-NOV-94 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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