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Blue Star 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022883
MRDS ID FS00388
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Star Placer
Related records 10197098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.38951, 46.88407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1/4 MILE SW OF MOUTH OF GOULD CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stemple Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

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 006N 17 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY REPORT - AU 6 MG/CUBIC YARD

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) -112.38951, 46.88407
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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 Robert Williamson, Izaac Frisbee, Roy Frisbee

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Rowe

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL CABIN BUILT BY ORIGINAL LOCATORS WAS FOUND

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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