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Dovie 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 10022880
MRDS ID FS00384
Record type Site
Current site name Dovie Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53007, 46.88629 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES SSW OF CRATER MTN

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 17,18 Montana

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ASSAY REPORT WAS MADE BUT THE MINERAL EXAMINER FELT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO FIND PLACER AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53007, 46.88629
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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
Discoverer 1936

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Flanagan, V. J.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 3.05M
    Overall width 1.22M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1941 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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