Spokane Placer

Occurrence in Powell 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022809
MRDS ID FS00292
Record type Site
Current site name Spokane Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35506, 46.45407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1/2 M. SW OF NEGRO MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 006W 06 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE OF 150 PAN/CUBIC YARD AND AU CONTENT WAS 223.5 MGS OF AU/CUBIC YARD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35506, 46.45407

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1939 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER AU WAS SAMPLED FROM ALLUVIUM FROM THE GULCH. BEDROCK IS SUSPECTED TO BE QUARTZ MONZONITE OF THE BOULDER BATHOLITH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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