Wise River Placer

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
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 10220827
MAS/MILS ID 0300010068
Record type Site
Current site name Wise River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.0851, 45.60819 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maurice Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 003 S 012 W 04 C N2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.0851, 45.60819

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT ALSO IN SECS. 09 16 17 20, T. 03S R. 12W.

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT ALSO IN SECS. 21 28 34, T. 02S R. 12W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-94 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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