Three Forks Placer

Prospect in Gallatin 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148890
MAS/MILS ID 0300310113
Record type Site
Current site name Three Forks Placer
Alternate or previous names Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.55975, 45.9027 (WGS84)
Elevation 1244
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Forks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 N 001 E 26 NWNENE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECS. 23, 24, 25, AND 27, T. 2 N., R. 1 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.55975, 45.9027

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUR. MINBES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 26, 1948, PLATE 9, NO. 5,

  • Deposit

    P. 33.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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