Watson Gulch

Past Producer in Beaverhead 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245086
MAS/MILS ID 0300010647
Record type Site
Current site name Watson Gulch
Alternate or previous names Blue Birt, King Tut, Snowshoe

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.91369, 45.361 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
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 005 S 011 W 36 SENWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.91369, 45.361

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ford Knight
    Interest 100
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADIT SYMBOL ON ERMONT QUAD.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA ABANDONED MINES RECLAMATION BUREAU INVENTORY, WFOC

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1996 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references