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

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: August 01, 2026 at 04:28 AM | Dataset Last Updated: March 04, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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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