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French & Watson Gulches Placer

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196412
MRDS ID DC08229
MAS/MILS ID 0300010261
Record type Site
Current site name French & Watson Gulches Placer
Related records 10019019

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.89949, 45.3374 (WGS84)
Elevation 2176
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 S 011 W 01 N2SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.89949, 45.3374
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, 1948, P. 8 AND

  • Deposit

    11.

  • Deposit

    SASSMAN, THESIS, P. 192, MONT. STATE, 1941.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I 1803-F.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-97 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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