Prospect Pits

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269178
MAS/MILS ID 0300010588
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.60507, 45.0457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashbough Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 S 008 W 17 SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.60507, 45.0457

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-OCT-88 Benham, John R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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