Crystal

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294380
MAS/MILS ID 0300670237
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.62391, 45.26181 (WGS84)
Elevation 2633
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knowles Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 S 009 E 04 NWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.62391, 45.26181

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 POTASSIC
    Date of Last Modification 830629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PART OF EMIGRANT STOCK CU-MO PORPHYRY COMPLEX.

  • Deposit

    A RANDOM CHIP SAMPLE, #AAQ32,TAKEN ACROSS APPROX. 2M OF

  • Deposit

    THE EXPOSED SHEAR ZONE SHOWED ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND

  • Deposit

    SILVER AND ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS OF COPPER.

  • Deposit

    WFOC MPF NO. 0300670237

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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