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Willow Placer

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022678
MRDS ID FS00088
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22313, 46.23267 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position THIS CLAIM IS ON THE NORTH FORK OF FLINT CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 013W 33,27,28,34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED CLAIM LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE - 2 PANS FROM BROWN STREAK IN BOTTOM OF LOCATION WORK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - 7.88 MILLIGRAMS PER CUBIC YARD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22313, 46.23267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer William Mcintyre

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Intyre, William

Comments on the workings information

  • ON THE CLAIM - LOG CABIN 20 FT BY 30 FT; CUT - 4 BY 15 BY 4 1/2 FOLLOWED BY 15 FT OF TRENCH OF ABOUT THE SAME WIDTH AND DEPTH; ANOTHER CUT 5 BY 15 BY 6 FARTHER DOWNSTREAM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1938 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE EXAMINATION ON THIS CLAIM WAS DONE WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE MICKEY PLACER - THAT CLAIM WAS INVALID THUS THIS REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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