Nye Basin, Lip

Prospect in Stillwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245914
MRDS ID M060086
MAS/MILS ID 0300950007
Record type Site
Current site name Nye Basin, Lip
Related records 10042335

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.85769, 45.37992 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stillwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nye(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 Stillwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 S 015 E 22 SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.85769, 45.37992

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4368, 1948, P. 27.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-94 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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