Best Wish Placer

Prospect in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096920
MRDS ID FS00263
Record type Site
Current site name Best Wish Placer
Related records 10294477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.98865, 46.16907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
Relative position 2 MILES NW OF LAZY T RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tacoma Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 003W 21 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLACER GOLD IS THE MINERAL SAID TO EXIST ON THIS CLAIM.

Analytical data

Result NO ASSAYS - NO SAMPLES TAKEN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3.05M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer Charles Hardtla And Robert Lindberg

Mining district

District name Boulder

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Hardtla And Robert Lindberg

Comments on the workings information

  • BUILDINGS - NOT MINING RELATED;

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1932 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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