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Lava Lake Pyrite

Occurrence in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010527
MRDS ID D004284
Record type Site
Current site name Lava Lake Pyrite
Related records 10196530

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.25223, 45.38269 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 3.5 AIR MILES NORTH OF TABLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beacon Point(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 005S 004E 20 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE NW OF LAVA LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result THE OCCURRENCE HAS NO POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.25223, 45.38269
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diorite Dike In Granitic Gneiss

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. 42

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON BECRAFT, CALKINS, BULL 1230-

Reporter information

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

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

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