Unidentified Occurance

Occurrence in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010524
MRDS ID D004281
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.22916, 45.27908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 28 MILES BY AIR, SSW OF BOZEMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hidden Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallatin(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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 Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 004E 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN A ROADCUT ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 191 IN SW/4 OF SEC. 27.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.22916, 45.27908

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT, CALKINS, 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SPANISH PEAKS PRIMITIVE AREA, MONT., USGS BULL 1230-B, P. 16

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON BECRAFT, CALKINS, BULL 1230-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS OCCURRENCES IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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