Scientific data near [45.06206,-109.95629]

Search area extends approximately 2.2 km east-west and 3.2 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Park	county
Montana	state
United States	country
North America	continent
Land	continent
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
Cooke City	quadrangle 1:24,000 scale
Red Lodge	quadrangle 1:100,000 scale
Billings	quadrangle 1:250,000 scale
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units)
Clarks Fork Yellowstone	hydrologic unit
Upper Yellowstone	hydrologic accounting unit
Upper Yellowstone	hydrologic subregion
Missouri	hydrologic region

Geology of US states

Digital geologic maps of the US states with consistent lithology, age, GIS database structure, and format

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Unit	State	Lithology
Quartzofeldspathic gneiss	MT	Archean
Pilgrim through Flathead Formation: Pilgrim, Park, Meagher, Wolsey, and Flathead Formations	MT	Cambrian
Snowy Range through Flathead Formation: Snowy Range, Pilgrim, Park, Meagher, Wolsey, and Flathead Formations; or Snowy Range, Hasmark, Silver Hill, and Flathead Formations	MT	Cambrian
Three Forks through Bighorn Formation: Three Forks, Jefferson, and Bighorn Formations	MT	Mississippian through Ordovician
Dacite	MT	Tertiary
Diorite	MT	Tertiary
Intrusive rock	MT	Tertiary

Airborne geophysical surveys

Aerial surveys of magnetic anomaly and gamma ray emission; older surveys were analog record which have been digitized, newer surveys collected data in digital form.

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ID	Data type	Description
Yellowstone	M-D	Yellowstone 23078 line km with spacing 0.40 km over parts of WY-MT-ID
Northern Yellowstone '67	M-Dz	Northern Yellowstone '67 3234 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of WY-MT
Billings	M/R-D	Billings 4581 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of MT-WY

Estimates of undiscovered mineral resources

National Mineral Resource Assessment 1998: Estimates of the number of undiscovered mineral resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc within identified permissive tracts (geographic areas in which mineral deposits may form).

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Tract	Deposit Type	Mineralization age
NR07	Skarn Au	Mesozoic - Tertiary
NR04	Skarn Zn-Pb	Mesozoic - Tertiary
NR13	Polymetallic replacement	Mesozoic - Tertiary
NR11	Porphyry Cu (North America)	Eocene

The continental crust

Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

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Domain	Crust type	Region
Wyoming	Sialic protocontinent	Northern Rocky Mountains

National Geochemical Database: Rock

Geochemical analysis of rock samples collected and analyzed by the USGS. This dataset includes and supersedes rock data formerly released as "Geochemistry of igneous rocks in the US extracted from the PLUTO database"

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Sample ID	Rock type	Rock name
AMN602
AMN620
AMN633
AMN634	unidentified	breccia
AMN635	unidentified	breccia
AMN636
AMN637	sedimentary	shale
AMN642	metamorphic	gneiss
AMN643
AMN657	unidentified	dacite
AMN658	igneous	felsic
AMN659	igneous	felsic
AMN660	sedimentary	shale
AMN661	sedimentary	shale
AMN688	igneous	felsic
AMN708	igneous	felsic
AMN709	igneous	felsic
AMN710	sedimentary	limestone/dolomite
AMN711	unidentified	breccia
AMN734	igneous	felsic
AMN735	igneous	felsic
AMN736	igneous	felsic
AMN737	igneous	felsic
AMN739	igneous	felsic
AMN743	metamorphic	skarn
AMN749	igneous	felsic
AMN775	igneous	felsic
AMN776	igneous	felsic
AMN777	igneous	felsic
AMN778	igneous	felsic
AMN882
AMN883
AMN884	sedimentary	carbonate
AMN885	igneous	felsic
AMN886	igneous	mafic
AMN887
AMN888
BBD679	igneous	intermediate
BEL081	igneous	intermediate
BEL082	igneous	mafic
BEL083	igneous	mafic
BEL129	igneous	intermediate
BEL137
BEL138
BEL147	igneous	intermediate
BEL148	sedimentary	shale
BEL161	igneous	intermediate
BEL162	sedimentary	limestone/dolomite
BEL163	igneous	intermediate
BEL164
BEL165
BEL166
BET620	metamorphic	gneiss
BET621	metamorphic	gneiss
BET622	metamorphic	gneiss
BET635
BET638	sedimentary	sandstone
BET643	unidentified	quartz
BET644	unidentified	quartz
BET645	igneous	felsic
BGW030	igneous	intermediate
BGW089	igneous	intermediate
BGW090	igneous	intermediate
BGW093	igneous	intermediate
BGW094	igneous	intermediate
BGW095	igneous	felsic
BGW096	igneous	intermediate
BGW097	igneous	felsic
BGW098	igneous	intermediate
BGW099	igneous	intermediate
BGW100	igneous	felsic
BGW101
BGW102	sedimentary	sandstone
BGW103
BGW104
BGW105	igneous	felsic
BGW106	igneous	felsic
BGW107	unidentified	breccia
BGW108	sedimentary	limestone/dolomite
BGW109	sedimentary	limestone/dolomite
BGW110	sedimentary	limestone/dolomite
BGW111	sedimentary	limestone/dolomite
BGW112	sedimentary	limestone/dolomite
BGW113	igneous	intermediate
BGW119
M193860	metamorphic
M193861	metamorphic
W174805	igneous	felsic
W185468	igneous	felsic
W185469	igneous	dacite

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
Glengarry Mine	Occurrence	AU AG CU
Mclaren Mine	Producer	CU AU AG
Golden Grizzly	Prospect	CU AU AG
Homestake	Past Producer	CU AU
Glengarry	Past Producer	AU CU
Lulu Extension Lode	Prospect	CU AG AU
Polar Star Lode	Prospect	AG CU PB
Stump Lode	Prospect	PB
New Years Gift Claim	Past Producer	AU CU AG
Mclaren Gold Co.	Past Producer	AU CU
Daisy	Past Producer	AU AG
Skyline Claim	Past Producer	AU CU PB ZN
Miller Creek	Prospect	AU CU AG
Hudson Mine	Past Producer	AG PB
Fisher Mountain	Prospect	AU CU AG
Excello Gold Mining Co	Past Producer	AU CU

National Geochronological Database

Radiometric ages of geological materials by K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, fission track, and U-Th-Pb dating methods. A revision of DDS-14 correcting locations and providing the data in more convenient formats.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Rock name
6741	Outcrop or artificial surface exposure	Rhyodacite

National Geochemical Database: Sediment

Geochemical analysis of sediment samples from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are of stream sediment in the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
AMW289	natural exposure/outcrop	SD; xcoord=188470; ycoord=38900.
AMW315	natural exposure/outcrop	SD; xcoord=188000; ycoord=38615.
BBD632	natural exposure/outcrop	SD
BBE092
D547482	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547483	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547484	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547489	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547513	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547514	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547515	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547516	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547517	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547518	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547519	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547520	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547525	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547526	stream/river	-80 mesh stream sediment; stream
D547599	spring	-80 mesh spring sediment
D547600	spring	-80 mesh spring sediment
D547601	spring	-80 mesh spring sediment
D547602	spring	-80 mesh spring sediment
D547605	spring	-80 mesh spring sediment
D547606	spring	-80 mesh spring sediment
D547607	spring	-80 mesh spring sediment
D547609	spring	-80 mesh spring sediment
D547615	mine/quarry/prospect pit	flocculated sediment/precipitate (""floc"")
D547616	mine/quarry/prospect pit	flocculated sediment/precipitate (""floc"")
D547619	stream/river	flocculated sediment/precipitate (""floc""); stream
D547620	mine/quarry/prospect pit	flocculated sediment/precipitate (""floc"")

National Geochemical Database: Soil

Geochemical analysis of soil samples from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are from the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
D547636	forest/scattered timberland
D547637	forest/scattered timberland
D547638	forest/scattered timberland
D547639	forest/scattered timberland
D547640	forest/scattered timberland
D547645	forest/scattered timberland
D547651	forest/scattered timberland
D547652	forest/scattered timberland
D547656	forest/scattered timberland
D547677	forest/scattered timberland
D547678	forest/scattered timberland
D547679	forest/scattered timberland
D547680	forest/scattered timberland
D547681	forest/scattered timberland
D547686	forest/scattered timberland
D547692	forest/scattered timberland
D547693	forest/scattered timberland
D547694	forest/scattered timberland

National Geochemical Database: Concentrate

Geochemistry of concentrates from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are from the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
AMW290	natural exposure/outcrop	C; xcoord=188470; ycoord=38900.
D547736	stream/river	stream
D547738	mine dump/waste rock	C-3 fraction of heavy-mineral concentrate of mine dump

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Northern Rocky Mountains	porphyry copper	Part of a continental margin arc that formed along the western margin of North America
Pacific Margin	porphyry copper	Cretaceous through middle Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks representing a series of continental- and island-arc systems accreted and superimposed onto the paleomargin of northeast Asia.

Prospect- and mine-related features on USGS topographic maps

Symbols indicating mining-related features digitized from historical USGS topographic maps in the western part of the conterminous US. Includes prospect pits, mine shafts and adits, quarries, open-pit mines, tailings piles and ponds, gravel and borrow pit

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Feature ID	Feature type	Feature name
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Adit	point	Little Daisy Mine
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point	Glengarry Mines
Mine Shaft	point
Open Pit Mine	point	Mc Larens Mines
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Open Pit Mine	polygon
Open Pit Mine	polygon