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Marguerite 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022875
MRDS ID FS00379
Record type Site
Current site name Marguerite Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53118, 46.88573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.8 KM SSW OF CRATER MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swede Gulch(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 007W 18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON POORMAN CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU 12.5 MGS/CUBIC YARD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53118, 46.88573
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Peak Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer F. W. Salmen

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. W. Salmen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT HOLE WAS FOUND, SEE M190, M200 A SMALL DAM AND A CABIN, NEARLY NEW (1938) 20X30 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1938 DIREXPL USF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) 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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