Tucker Gulch Placers

Producer in Mineral 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010435
MRDS ID D004083
Record type Site
Current site name Tucker Gulch Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.81959, 47.00571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Relative position 13.5 MI SSE OF SUPERIOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lozeau(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 026W 01 NE OF NE OF NE (01) Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.81959, 47.00571

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE RECORD D003818 (QUARTZ CREEK PLACER MINES) FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON PLACERS IN THE CONCERNED AREA. TUCKER GULCH IS A SMALL INTERMITTANT TRIBUTARY OF QUARTZ CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit GOLD FREED BY WEATHERING OF OUTCROPS OF SMALL GOLD BEARING VEINS.

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.