Magnetic susceptibility and gamma ray spectrometry measurements in southwestern Montana, 2023-2024

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This dataset includes rock magnetic susceptibility and gamma ray spectrometer measurements from 243 outcrops in southwest Montana during 2023-2024. The measurements were collected to understand the causative sources of airborne magnetic and radiometric survey anomalies in the Idaho-Montana porphyry belt. Sixteen magnetic susceptibility measurements were collected at each analyzed site using a ZH Instruments SM30 susceptibility meter. Gamma ray measurements were collected using a Radiation Solutions RS-230 BGO Super-SPEC Handheld Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. Geologic units were assigned from 1:100,000 scale digital geologic maps noted in the supplemental information section of the metadata file.

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55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P1484G89

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  • helena
  • montana
  • jefferson-county
  • geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center
  • lewis-and-clark-county
  • earth-mapping-resources-initiative
  • uranium
  • u-s-geological-survey
  • thorium
  • gamma-ray-spectrometry
  • geoscientificinformation
  • beaverhead-county
  • mineral-resources-program
  • potassium
  • butte
  • earth-mri
  • madison-county
  • powell-county
  • magnetic-susceptibility
  • gggsc
  • mrp
  • usgs
  • radiometric
  • united-states-of-america
  • silver-bow-county
  • broadwater-county
  • usgs-677c44ced34e711d10b7ca7c

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