Unnamed Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010537
MRDS ID D004300
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Simon's Map Loc. No. 98

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.00996, 45.10881 (WGS84)
Elevation 2667
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH OF MT. ABUNDANCE

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 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 1.25 MILE DUE NORTH OF LAKE ABUNDANCE NEAR TOP OF WEST HILL OVERLOOKING STILLWATER RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.00996, 45.10881

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEP
    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

  • FOUR PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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