Gold Bar Placer

Unknown in Ravalli 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245695
MAS/MILS ID 0300810102
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bar Placer
Alternate or previous names Chicken Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -114.33014, 45.59988 (WGS84)
Elevation 5100
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot 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 003 S 022 W 04 S2SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -114.33014, 45.59988

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENHAM, J.R., A MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    MLA 21-81, 1981, BLUE JOINT MTN RR II AREA NO. 1-941.

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, JUNO M., MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    8, 1957, P. 51-55.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GOLD FOUND AT 1979 SAMPLING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-OCT-1994 Benham, John R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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