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Unidentified Occurrence

Occurrence in Sweet Grass 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. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094325
MRDS ID D004318
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Map No. 129 Simon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05163, 45.37909 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position 6.5 MILES NE OF MT. DOUGLAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picket Pin 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 Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 013E 30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 0.5 MILE FROM WEST FORK STILLWATER RIVER ON EAST SIDE OF NORTH TRIBUTARY BETWEEN CRESCENT AND DIVIDE CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.05163, 45.37909
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faulting

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F., ET AL, 1979, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BEARTOOTH PRIM. AREA & VICINITY, MONT. & WYO., USGS. BULL. 1391-F., P. 96

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP SIMONS, BULL 1391-

Reporter information

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

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