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French Bar Underwater

Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gemstone, Sapphire
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294381
MAS/MILS ID 0300490679
Record type Site
Current site name French Bar Underwater
Alternate or previous names Montana Gold & Sapphire

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.74897, 46.6602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1120
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Ferry(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 001 W 05 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BELOW CANYON FERRY DAM, JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM FRENCH BAR ON WEST SIDE OF MISSOURI RIVER. THE OPERATIONS USES A LARGE SUCTION DREDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Sapphire Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.74897, 46.6602
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Montana Gold And Saphhire, Mr. Macdonal Mader, Helena, Mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH ROBIN MCCULLUCH, MONTANA BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BUTTE, MT, AUGUST 1995.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF PRINCIPAL U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEMSTONE PRODUCERS IN 1993; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY SURVEYS, P. 34.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-1995 Lowe, Nathan T. 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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