Big Rock Placer Claim

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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010430
MRDS ID D004076
Record type Site
Current site name Big Rock Placer Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.42541, 47.09571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 5.5 MI SW OF SQUAW PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alberton(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)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016N 022W 31 SE OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.42541, 47.09571

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ninemile District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Deborah Palmer
    Home office 6 Mile Rd., Huson, Mt., 53846

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.