Diamond City Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269805
MAS/MILS ID 0300070331
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond City Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.42256, 46.5977 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 002 E 25 SENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.42256, 46.5977

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Montana Bar Mining Inc., Edmonds, Wa
    ID 2401691
    Home office Washington
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFEDERATE GULCH AT OLD DIAMOND CITY

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT SEPT 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-85 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/14/1984
MSHA mine ID2401691
Mine name (MSHA)Diamond City Placer
Current operatorMontana Bar Mining Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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