Platinum Placer

Occurrence in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010419
MRDS ID D004059
Record type Site
Current site name Platinum Placer
Alternate or previous names Drie Gulch Placer, Spring Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.45986, 47.13599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1164
Relative position 5 MI S OF MCCORMICK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCormick Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016N 023W 24 NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial deposit

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS, 1400 FT DITCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.