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Blue Joint Placer

Prospect in Ravalli 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221526
MAS/MILS ID 0300810237
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Joint Placer
Alternate or previous names Blue Joint, Blue Joint Mtn. Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.48344, 45.48518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tincup Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(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 Montana Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 023 W 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • Political location in record is Ravalli county, Montana. However, original lat/long plots 5 km inside adjacent Lemhi county, Idaho, near Horse Creek. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 45-29-7N 114-28-57W (45.4853 -114.4825); UTM N5039726 E696740 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 002 S, RNG 023 W, Sect 19, Sect_fract <blank>. PLSS coordinates translate to 45.648, -114.486 (45 38 52N 114 29 09W). This location is on Blue Joint Creek in Ravalli county. The PLSS longitude minutes/seconds look suspiciously similar to the original latitude minutes/seconds. And the PLSS latiitude minutes/seconds are 10 minutes from the original longitude minutes/seconds. So location was changed to the PLSS coordinates.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.48344, 45.48518
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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

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPNE-FILE REPORT MLA 21-81, 1981, NO. 3,

  • Deposit

    P. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-92 Benham, John R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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