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Evening 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022869
MRDS ID FS00371
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.65091, 46.88962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 1/2 MILE SSE OF MOUTH OF FIELDS GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 008W 08,17 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU OCCURS IN MINUSCULE QUANTITIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.65091, 46.88962
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE INTRUDES AS DIKES AND SILLS IN THE REGION, SEDIMENTS ARE LO GRADE METAMORPHIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Verzutt

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT - 5'X9'X6'; SHAFT - 5'X5'X12'; OPEN CUT - 6'X7'X16' SHAFT - 5'X5'X17'; CUT - 7'X8'X10'; CUT- 14'X10'X11'; SHAFT 5'X6'X10' CABIN, WOODSHED, GARAGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1949 DIREXPL USF

Reporter information

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

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

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