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Greenback

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094321
MRDS ID D004280
Record type Site
Current site name Greenback
Alternate or previous names Simon's Map Loc. No. 99

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.00273, 45.09575 (WGS84)
Elevation 2644
Relative position 6.5 MILES NW OF COOKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cutoff Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillwater(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)

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 008S 014E 32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 0.5 MILE NE ON HILL OVERLOOKING LAKE ABUNDANCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU-TRACE, AG-.4 OZ/T.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.00273, 45.09575
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Dike Cut By Diabase Dikes.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 80 N
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 39.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Cooke City District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F, 1979, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BEARTOOTH PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, MONTANA AND WYO., USGS BULL 1391-F, P. 95

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT., USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 106.

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOLMAP WEDOW, BULL 1391-B

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP SIMONS, BULL 1391-F

Reporter information

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

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