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East Boulder Plateau

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197741
MRDS ID M060092
MAS/MILS ID 0300970032
Record type Site
Current site name East Boulder Plateau
Alternate or previous names Champion Group
Related records 10042340

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.1289, 45.44212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2880
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chrome Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004 S 013 E 33 SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LIES BETWEEN IRON MTN. AND EAST BOULDER PLATEAU.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.1289, 45.44212
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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. 39-41.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OVERSIZE MINE MAP FILES (WFOC).

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1015-D, 1955, PL. 9, P. 110.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-NOV-94 McHugh, Edward L. 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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