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Fir Springs Placer

Prospect in Meagher 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022881
MRDS ID FS00386
Record type Site
Current site name Fir Springs Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.44336, 46.7349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1871
Relative position 2 3/4 MILES NE OF NEEDHAM MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whites City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 002E 11,02 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT. AU 1.67 MG/CUBIC YD, OR 24 CENTS/CUBIC YARD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Newland Limestone
    Rock description Newland Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.44336, 46.7349
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1961
Discoverer Gerald W. Massee

Mining district

District name Beaver (Elk Creek)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Lind, John Potter, Robert Borland

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 10.67M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE A FEW DILAPIDATED SLUICE BOXES BUT NO OTHER EQUIPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1969 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1961 (AMENDED)

Reporter information

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

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