Master Mine Placer

Past Producer in Granite 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. 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 10197104
MAS/MILS ID 0300390130
Record type Site
Current site name Master Mine Placer
Alternate or previous names Perl Smith, Master Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.05091, 46.47049 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 012 W 01 SWSESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.05091, 46.47049

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Creek Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wjz Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1998
    First year 1988
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Montana Mining And Timber
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990
    Last year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 82, 1971, P23.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAR OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991, P?.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-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.