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Unidentified Deposit

Occurrence in Park 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010538
MRDS ID D004301
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Deposit
Alternate or previous names Deposit No. 17 Wedow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.01718, 45.08298 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position LOCATED ON THE NORTH END 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)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 014E 05 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES SHOW ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pilgrim Limestone
    Rock description Pilgrim Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.01718, 45.08298
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form HORIZONTAL BEDDING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW ETAL, 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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