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Happy Thought Placer

Prospect in Park 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022783
MRDS ID FS00249
Record type Site
Current site name Happy Thought Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.96107, 45.02686 (WGS84)
Elevation 2877
Relative position W OF COOKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 014E 25 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: 2 SAMPLES FROM THE 2 OPENINGS ON THE CLAIM-SMALL CUT-21.75 MG PER CU. YD
Result LARGER CUT 4.75 MG PER CU. YD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.96107, 45.02686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 4.57M
    Width 1.37M
    Depth to bottom 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GROS VENTRE SHALES ARE PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Sam Carter

Mining district

District name New World

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sam Carter

Comments on the workings information

  • NEAT LOG CABIN; #2 CUT 4.5 BY 6 BY 3 FT - BOTH CUTS ARE IN DETRITUS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1939 DIREXPL USFS & DIV. OF INVESTIGATIONS - DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey

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