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Fraser Placer

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022650
MRDS ID FS00042
Record type Site
Current site name Fraser Placer
Related records 10220967

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03396, 45.79656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position 4 MILES WEST OF WISE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dickie Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 012W 36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER NE/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES (5) FROM PIT NO. 1 - RECOVERED SOME BLACK SAND BUT NO COLORS OF GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS IN THIS REGION GENERALLY STRIKE NORTH AND DIP STEEPLY TO THE WEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Discoverer Raymond F. And William J. Fraser

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ON CLAIM: OLD LOG CABIN - 18 FT. BY 15 FT.; HOG OUTHOUSE - 5 FT. BY 5 FT.; SHINGLE TOOL SHED - 7 FT. X 8 FT.; TIMBER BRIDGE - UNDER CONSTRUCTION; NO. 1 PIT - 3 1/2 FT. BY 10 FT. BY 6 FT. DEEP; NO. 2 PIT - 5 FT. IN DIAMETER BY 3 FT. DEEP (CAVED).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1952 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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