Days of '49 Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022786
MRDS ID FS00261
Record type Site
Current site name Days of '49 Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.98607, 45.02242 (WGS84)
Elevation 2877
Relative position APPROX. 1 MILE SE OF MINERAL MTN.

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 015E 28 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: SAMPLE - PANS: 0.005 MG AU.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.98607, 45.02242

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA - GLACIATED DOWN TO BARE ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1932

Mining district

District name New World

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leslie B. Zaerr Et Al

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CUT - HOLE 4 BY 10 BY 6 IN SOME SOIL THAT HAD BEEN WASHED IN BY A SMALL DRAW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1938 USFS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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