French Bar Placer

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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148512
MAS/MILS ID 0300490232
Record type Site
Current site name French Bar Placer
Alternate or previous names French Bar

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.74477, 46.6602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1112
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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 001 W 04 NWNWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sapphire Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.74477, 46.6602

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Alluvial Mining

Mining district

District name Missouri River

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ron Mclean
    Home office Montana
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mc Master, James
    Home office Montana
  • Type Owner
    Owner French Bar Industries
    Home office Montana
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Montana Gold And Sppahire, Inc.
    Home office Montana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM 26, 1948.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 129, 1991.

  • Deposit

    VARIOUS MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORTS, 1988

  • Deposit

    TO 1994.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RELATED PROPERTY MAS SEQ# 0300490098 FRENCH BAR PROSPECTS:

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JUN-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.