Bigler Group

Past Producer in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294633
MAS/MILS ID 0300590044
Record type Site
Current site name Bigler Group
Alternate or previous names Buglar Creek Mine, Bigler Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.23225, 46.50911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gipsy Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 N 004 E 28 N2N2S2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompson Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burchak, A. J. And Belvue, Travis (Bigler)
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Steve And Mary Helburn (Snowbank)
    Interest 100
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1990
  • Type Operator
    Owner Richard K. Geondko
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-196.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 95, 1975, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 127, P. 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors THIS SITE HAD A VERY SMALL VOLUME OF TAILINGS IN A SECURE IMPOUNDMENT. THERE WERE TWO ADIT DISCHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE. NEITHER DISCHARGE EXCEEDED ANY OF THE APPLICABLE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS. THE PH OF BOTH DISCHARGES WAS GREATER THAT 8.5. BOTH DISCHARGES RETURNED TO SUBSURFACE PRIOR TO DISCHARGING INTO THE DRAINAGE APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD MILE BELOW THE SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-APR-98 Avery, Dale U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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