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Ruth 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094900
MRDS ID FS00360
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65226, 46.69073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 4 MILES NE OF CANYON FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Ferry(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 001E 30,19 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME FINE COLOR WAS FOUND

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65226, 46.69073
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer William Osborn

Mining district

District name Missouri River

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Osborne, William A. And Ruth

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERY CUT AND TUNNEL, A TRENCH, A SHAFT 65 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1947 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1949 DIREXPL BLM

Reporter information

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

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

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