| Deposit ID | 10245909 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300630094 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Frostbite Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Frost Barite Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.39903, 46.86849 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1524 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Missoula(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Union Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Missoula |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 013 N | 014 W | 20 | C | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -113.39903, 46.86849 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | State Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mont. Barite Co., Duane Reber, Mgr. |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | Montana |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300630094 |
MBMG BULL. 107, PG 27
MBM & G BULL 95, 1975, P.31.
MBM & G BULL 100, 1976.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 14-NOV-1983 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.