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Musselshell Placer

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Thorium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079125
MRDS ID W028036
MAS/MILS ID 0160350139
Record type Site
Current site name Musselshell Placer
Alternate or previous names Daisy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.7271, 46.41157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 10 MI ENE OF WEIPPE, 6 MI ESE OF PIERCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hemlock Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kooskia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 036N 006E 32,29,33,28 Idaho
Boise 035N 006E 05,06 NENWNE (05) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Monazite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE ANALYSIS 7.5 - 45.0 % MONAZITE, (AVG OF 29 %)
Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 31.8 - 55.36 % MONAZITE (AVG 40 %)
Result 0.88 - 1.85 % THO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 11265.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Musselshell District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Musselshell Min. Co. (
    Last year 1909

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Schrader, F. C., 1910 , An Occurrence Of Monazite In Northern Idaho: USGS Bulletin 430 , P. 184 - 191

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series,1981, Hamilton Quad, Location No. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Best Monazite Prospect On High Ground In Upper Gulch Of Gold Run Creek, A Tributary To Musselshell Cr.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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