| Deposit ID | 10048522 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MP00112 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Crescent Creek Cr-Pt |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.02413, 45.38742 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2652 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3 MI SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH PICKET PIN LAKE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Sweet Grass |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Platinum Critical | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Nickel Critical | Secondary |
| Palladium Critical | Secondary |
| Rhodium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Olivine | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE PGE IN CHROMITITE SAMPLES: PT=359.5 PPB, PD=820 PPB, RH=97 PPB (MAX.: PT=640 PPB, PD=1.5 PPM, RH=170 PPB) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.02413, 45.38742 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Stillwater Complex Is Exposed Along The Northern Margin Of The Beartooth Uplift, One Of Several Laramide Basement-Cored Ranges That Make Up The Rocky Mountain Foreland Of South-Central Montana (Foose And Others, 1961: Kulik And Schmidt, 1988) |
| General form | MASSIVE |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | In Stillwater Complex |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MP00112 |
PAGE, N.J, AND NOKLEBERG, W.J., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-797, SCALE 1:12,000.
ZIENTEK, M.L., 1993, MINERAL RESOURCE APPRAISAL FOR LOCATABLE MINERALS: THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, IN HAMMARSTROM, J.M., ZIENTEK, M.L., AND ELLIOTT, J.E., EDS., MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE ABSAROKA-BEARTOOTH STUDY AREA, CUSTER AND GALLATIN NATIONAL FORESTS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-207, P. F1-F83.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO SPECIFIC DEPOSIT INFORMATION OTHER THAN SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED FROM A AND B(?) CHROMITITES.; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: PGE-ENRICHED STRATIFORM CHROMITITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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