Big Spring

Prospect in Fergus county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269582
MAS/MILS ID 0300270089
Record type Site
Current site name Big Spring

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.16389, 47.23712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1577

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fergus(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Judith Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fort Peck Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(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 Fergus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017 N 020 E 15 NESENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Morrison Formation and Ellis Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7544, 1950, P54 AND 71

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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