Airborne radiometric survey, Boulder Batholith region, Montana, Butte extension 2023
This data release provides digital flight line data for a high-resolution airborne radiometric survey over parts of Montana in the vicinity of the Boulder Batholith. The airborne survey was funded by the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative and was designed to meet complementary needs related to geologic mapping and characterization of mineral resource potential. A total of 45,634 line-km of radiometric data were acquired over an irregular-shaped area of 8,272 km^2. Data were collected from a helicopter flown at a nominal terrain clearance of 100 m above topography along E-W flight lines spaced at 200 m intervals. Tie lines were flown in an N-S direction every 2000 m. Data were collected by Sander Geophysics Limited and Dewberry Engineers, Inc. under contract with the USGS using a helicopter with a fully calibrated gamma-ray spectrometer. The survey operated out of the Butte, Montana, airport from July of 2023 to October of 2023. Files that are available in this publication include flight line data for the radiometric survey, a data dictionary, and geoTIFFs of the gridded results.
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| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[ "010:12" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Eric D Anderson", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:ericanderson@usgs.gov" } |
| description | This data release provides digital flight line data for a high-resolution airborne radiometric survey over parts of Montana in the vicinity of the Boulder Batholith. The airborne survey was funded by the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative and was designed to meet complementary needs related to geologic mapping and characterization of mineral resource potential. A total of 45,634 line-km of radiometric data were acquired over an irregular-shaped area of 8,272 km^2. Data were collected from a helicopter flown at a nominal terrain clearance of 100 m above topography along E-W flight lines spaced at 200 m intervals. Tie lines were flown in an N-S direction every 2000 m. Data were collected by Sander Geophysics Limited and Dewberry Engineers, Inc. under contract with the USGS using a helicopter with a fully calibrated gamma-ray spectrometer. The survey operated out of the Butte, Montana, airport from July of 2023 to October of 2023. Files that are available in this publication include flight line data for the radiometric survey, a data dictionary, and geoTIFFs of the gridded results. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_67dc78e6d34eae450ac1c574 |
| keyword |
[ "Aeroradiometric survey", "Airborne geophysical survey", "Beaverhead County", "Boulder Mountains", "Deer Lodge County", "Earth Mapping Resources Initiative", "EarthMRI", "Economic Geology", "GGGSC", "Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center", "Geophysics", "Geospatial datasets", "Granite County", "Jefferson County", "MRP", "Madison County", "Mineral Resources", "Mineral Resources Program", "Montana", "Pioneer Mountains", "Potassium", "Powell County", "Silver Bow County", "Thorium", "U.S. Geological Survey", "USGS", "USGS:67dc78e6d34eae450ac1c574", "Uranium", "geoscientificInformation" ] |
| modified | 2025-06-16T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -113.458409, 45.299281, -112.282346, 46.587865 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Airborne radiometric survey, Boulder Batholith region, Montana, Butte extension 2023 |
