Horseshoe Mountain Area

Prospect in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000305
MRDS ID D004304
Record type District
Current site name Horseshoe Mountain Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.08519, 45.15132 (WGS84)
Relative position POINT LOCATION IS FOR HORSESHOE MOUNTAIN PEAK. NUMEROUS CLAIMS SURROUND THE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinnacle Mountain(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)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.08519, 45.15132

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1890

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ET AL., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETWATER CO., MONT., USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 97.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

External references