Prickly Pear Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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 10221620
MRDS ID W014677
MAS/MILS ID 0300430283
Record type Site
Current site name Prickly Pear Placer
Related records 10071343

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.02398, 46.3743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 003 W 07 NENENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.02398, 46.3743

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 20, 1960, P. 20

  • Deposit

    DEP. ALSO IN T9N,R3W AND T8N,R3W. EXTENSIVE DEPOSIT ALONG TH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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