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Grand Central Claim

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094323
MRDS ID D004302
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Central Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.03551, 45.11936 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 2.5 MILES NW OF LAKE 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 008S 014E 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Washburn Volcanics;Granite Gneiss
    Rock description Washburn Volcanics;Granite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.03551, 45.11936
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1893

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS COS., MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 105

  • 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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