Gardiner Travertine Quarry

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodity Travertine
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294942
MAS/MILS ID 0300670002
Record type Site
Current site name Gardiner Travertine Quarry
Alternate or previous names Gardiner Travertine Deposits, Travertine Cutting & Polishing Plnt, Livingston Marble & Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -110.70661, 45.04571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1850
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 009 S 008 E 14 NWSWSE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS ALSO IN SECTIONS 15, 22, 23, AND 24.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Travertine Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -110.70661, 45.04571

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clesson Hayes
    ID 2400660
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner The Gardiner Travertine, Inc.
    ID 2400660
    Home office Montana
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Livingston Marble And Granite Works
    ID 2400660
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Strong, Greg
    ID 2400660
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1949, MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY

  • Deposit

    REPORT NO. 33, P. 65-66.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR. MINE IC 7546, 1950, P. 64-64.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 95, 1975, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/29/2005
MSHA mine ID2400660
Mine name (MSHA)CUTTING & POLISHING PLANT
Current operatorT Patrick O'Hara
Current controller (parent)T Patrick O'Hara
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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