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Green Flats 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. 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 10022894
MRDS ID FS00403
Record type Site
Current site name Green Flats Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.75726, 46.7199 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1/4 MILE S OF YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hauser Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 001W 17 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAIMANT EXHIBITED SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ALLEDGED TO HAVE COME FROM HIS CLAIM

Analytical data

Result NO ASSAY REPORT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Spokane, Shales
    Rock description Spokane, Shales
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.75726, 46.7199
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name York

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. O. Warren

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CUTS; NO. 1, LARGE IRREGULAR, NO. 2 15'X10'X4' NO. 3 6'X18'X3. ADIT - DESCRIBED IN M160

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL AND ALLUVIUM FROM TROUT CR. ARE SOURCE OF PLACER DEPOSITS

Reporter information

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

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