Montana Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192704
MAS/MILS ID 0160370955
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Gulch Placer
Alternate or previous names Golden Key

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.71513, 44.43379 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013 N 015 E 28 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.71513, 44.43379

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner George Castle And Clayton Stewart, Ketchum, Id
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST, 1987, CASTLE, 2810 FILE, CHALLIS,

  • Deposit

    IDAHO.

  • Deposit

    MCHUGH AND OTHERS, 1989, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CHALLIS

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL FOREST, IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA OPEN FILE

  • Deposit

    REPORT, IN PREP.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ID PAMPH NO. 83, P.29.

  • Deposit

    BELL, 9TH ANN REPT. MIN. IND. OF ID, FOR 1907, P. 75-76.

  • Deposit

    US FOREST SERVICE; CHALLIS NAT. FOREST MINERAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3,

  • Deposit

    NO. 465, P. 219.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-92 Horn, Michael C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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