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Old Montana Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105749
MRDS ID W015080
MAS/MILS ID 0160490020
Record type Site
Current site name Old Montana Placer
Alternate or previous names Sacajawea, Idaho, Montana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.63739, 45.92347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 1.5 MI N OF NEWSOME STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 030N 007E 19 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVG. GRAVEL $0.15 - $0.18/C

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Interbedded Gravel, Sandstone, And Clay;Belt Supergroup-Gneiss, Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.63739, 45.92347
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tenmile District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sacajawea Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 740 Acres, 800000 Cy

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 09-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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