STUDIES RELATED TO WILDERNESS PRIMITIVE AREAS
ABSAROKA PRIMITIVE AREA, MONTANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1391-B
Mineral Resources of the Absaroka Primitive Area and Vicinity, Park and Sweet Grass Counties, Montana
By HELMUTH WEDOW, JR., and DAVID L. GASKILL, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, and by D'ARCY P. BANISTER and ELDON C. PATTEE, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
With a section on INTERPRETATION OF GEOPHYSICAL DATA,
By DONALD L. PETERSON, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
STUDIES RELATED TO WILDERNESS PRIMITIVE AREAS
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1391-B
A mineral and geophysical survey of the area
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1975 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ROGERS C. B. MORTON, Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
V. E. McKelvey, Director
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Mineral resources of the Absaroka Primitive Area and vicinity, Park and Sweet Grass Counties, Montana. (Studies related to wilderness primitive areas) (Geological Survey Bulletin 1391-B) Bibliography: p. Supt.ofDocs.no.: I 19.3:1391-6 1. Mines and mineral resources Montana. 1. Wedow, Helmuth, 1917- II. Series. III. Series: United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1391-B. QE75.B9 no. 1391-B [TN24.M9] 557.3'08s [557.86'661] 75-619128
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In accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577, September 3, 1964) and the Conference Report on Senate bill 4, 88th Congress, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines are making mineral sur veys of wilderness and primitive areas. Areas officially designated as "wilderness," "wild," or "canoe" when the act was passed were incorporated into the National Wilderness Preservation System. Areas classed as "primitive" were not in cluded in the Wilderness System, but the act provided that each primitive area should be studied for its suitability for incorpora tion into the Wilderness System. The mineral surveys constitute one aspect of the suitability studies. This report discusses the results of a mineral survey of the Absaroka Primitive Area and vicinity, Mont., which includes some bordering areas that may come under discussion when the primitive area is considered for wilderness.
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