Mineral resource potential map of the Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness and contiguous roadless area, Granite, Deer Lodge, Beaverhead, and Ravalli Counties, Montana
Year: 1985
Type: report
Abstract: Under the provisions of the Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577, September 3, 1964) and related acts, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines have been conducting mineral surveys 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 and some of them are presently being studied.The act provided that areas under consideration for wilderness designation should be studied for suitability for incorporation into the Wilderness System.The mineral surveys constitute one aspect of the suitability studies.The act directs that the results of such surveys are to be made available to the public and be submitted to the President and the Congress.This report discusses the results of a mineral survey of the Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness and contiguous roadless area, 1-001 B, Beaverhead, Bitterroot, and Deerlodge National Forests, Granite, Deer Lodge, Beaverhead, and Ravalli Counties, Mont.The Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness was established by Public Law 88-577, 1964.The contiguous roadless area was recommended for wilderness designation during the Second Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE ID by the U.S. Forest Service, January 1979.
DOI: 10.3133/mf1633a
Language: English
Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W419589873