Eclipse and Van Ness Placer Claims

Producer in Mineral 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108484
MRDS ID DC08653
Record type Site
Current site name Eclipse and Van Ness Placer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.97515, 47.00155 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 16 MILES SOUTH OF SUPERIOR, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Landowner Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 027W 02,03,10,11,14,23,24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.97515, 47.00155

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trout Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT CUT, 4-6 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM. 31, 1950, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    USFS MAP, LOLO NF, 1950.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-04-1961

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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