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Ski Line Mine

Past Producer in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197542
MAS/MILS ID 0300970050
Record type Site
Current site name Ski Line Mine
Alternate or previous names Mtn. View # 1 & # 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.1972, 45.24712 (WGS84)
Elevation 2362
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

Haystack Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(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)

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 007 S 012 E 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: USBM IC 7546 (1950, P. 56) REPORTS THIS MINE IN SEC. 12. HOWEVER, A 1974 FIELD EXAMINATION SHOWS IT TO BE IN SEC 3 OF UNSURVEYED T. 7 S., R. 12 E. A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN USGS BULL. 1505.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.1972, 45.24712
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Independence District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7546, 1950, P. 56-57.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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