Harvey Placer Placer

Past Producer in Granite 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019790
MRDS ID DC11518
Record type Site
Current site name Harvey Placer Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.44954, 46.59711 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position CLAIM WORKED 9 MILES ABOVE MOUTH OF CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harvey Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 015W 23,24,26,27;13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1936 CONSIDERABLE YARDAGE OF GRAVEL REPORTED WORTHY OF TESTING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.44954, 46.59711

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1939

Mining district

District name John Long Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harvey Placer Co., Inc.
    Home office Harvey Cr, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • GASOLINE POWER,FLUME, HANDLING 300 CY/DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 20, P. 30

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 35, 38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 600 FT DITCH
Deposit 4-5 EMPLOYEES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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