Eldorado Bar

Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Sapphire, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124261
MRDS ID M045432
MAS/MILS ID 0300490227
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado Bar
Alternate or previous names El Dorado Bar
Related records 10038144

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.84478, 46.7227 (WGS84)
Elevation 1122
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hauser Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011 N 002 W 10 NWNESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sapphire Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Gravel

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Mining method Alluvial Mining
Milling method Washing

Mining district

District name Missouri River

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sam Speerstra
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG, MEMOIR 26, 1948, PP. 68-69.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAY-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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