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Katydid Placer

Prospect in Powell 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022859
MRDS ID FS00359
Record type Site
Current site name Katydid Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.36367, 46.48462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 2 MILES WSW OF JERICHO 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 009N 006W 33 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A MINUSCULE AMOUNT OF COLOR AND BLACK CONCENTRATE WAS RETAINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - .74 MG, .017 DOLLARS/CUBIC YARD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Charles J. Keller

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles J. Keller

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS - NO. 1 - RUNS N. 67 DEG E. 100 FTX12 FTX5 FT NO. 2: 20 FTX9 FTX9 FT. NO. 3 75 FTX45 FTX3 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALLUVIUM OF TELEGRAPH CR SUPPLIES SOURCE OF PLACER DEPOSITS

Reporter information

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

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