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Blue Jay Placer

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022841
MRDS ID FS00337
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Placer
Related records 10270107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48396, 46.90268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 1 MILE NE OF STEMPLE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stemple Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 007W 10 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO GOLD WAS FOUND BY MINERAL EXAMINER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.48396, 46.90268
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer Charles H. Penland

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles H. Penland

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1.83M
    Overall width 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TWO-ROOM LOG CABIN ON THE CLAIM. A SLUICE BOX HAD BEEN BUILT ALSO. THE OPEN CUT WAS MADE ON THE CREEK BANK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1935 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ANDESITIC LAVA FLOW FURTHER UP MT. STEMPLE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE CLAIM.

Reporter information

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

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