Geologic Feature

Beartooth Mountains

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Weathered Precambrian rock

Photo © D.Seifert, USFS

Dated at nearly four billion years, the Beartooth Mountains are some of the planet's oldest rock. Since the original sediments of the Beartooths were deposited, uplift, igneous intrusions, streams, and glaciers have formed plateaus and peaks of Precambrian gneiss dissected by deep troughs and hanging valleys.

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For More Information, Contact:

Beartooth Ranger District, Custer National Forest, USFS

http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/custer/
6811 Highway 212, Red Lodge, MT 59068
406-446-2103

Miriam Lockman

mimilockman@usa.net
www.beartoothhighway.com
Box 972, Red Lodge, MT 59068
406.671.7113

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Longitude: -109.563903800
Latitude: 45.040537300
Elevation: 11727 FT (3574 M)
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