Princeton Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Titanium, Metal, REE
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038142
MRDS ID M045428
Record type Site
Current site name Princeton Gulch Placer
Alternate or previous names Maywood Placer, Summit Placer, Montana Tonapah
Related records 10123627

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16452, 46.42128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 17 MI NORTHEAST OF PHILIPSBURG; 4.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF MAXVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 013W 25 NE4 OF NE4 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST. PLACERS ARE FOUND FROM MOUTH OF PRINCETON GULCH TO NEAR SOURCE. LOCATION GIVEN IS NEAR MOUTH WITHIN PLACER WORKINGS SHOWN ON MAP INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Platinum Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES: $34.52/TON AU, $1.50/TON PT, CONCENTRATION NOT KNOWN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GRAVEL ACCUMULATIONS
    Depth to top 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOURCE OF GOLD IS VEINS WITHIN DRAINAGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Treasure State Uranium Corp.
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1962

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN INTO BENCH OF GRAVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACES 18 IN. ABOVE BEDROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references