Gardiner Travertine Deposits

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019008
MRDS ID DC08176
Record type Site
Current site name Gardiner Travertine Deposits
Alternate or previous names Montana Travertine Co. Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71887, 45.04241 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ONE MILE NORTH OF GARDINER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 008E 14,15,22,23 W2 OF W2 OF SW OF SE OF SW OF NW OF SW OF SE (14) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • QUARRIES LOCATED ON TERRACE NORTH OF GARDINER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Red Lion Formation
    Rock description Red Lion Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71887, 45.04241

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M
    Length 1005.84M
    Width 762M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Fault Zone Striking N65w Marks The Channel Through Which Ascending Thermal Solutions Travelled.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHANNELED BY FAULT ZONE OVER A DISTANCE OF 1.5 MI.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OCCASIONAL PRODUCTION FOR LIME BURNING.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO, MONT., USBM INF. CIR 7546, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    CHELINI, J, 1965, LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE AND TRAVERTINE IN MONT., MBMG BULL 44.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS COS, MONT., USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 109.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-02-1962

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM INF CIR. 7546

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE MBMG BULL 44.

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOLMAP WEDOW, BULL 1391-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRAVERTINE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED ON A TERRACE
Deposit 99.74% CALCIUM CARBONATE. QUARRIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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.