Townsend Project

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 10123678
MAS/MILS ID 0300070324
Record type Site
Current site name Townsend Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -111.56196, 46.3388 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Townsend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 001 E 26 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -111.56196, 46.3388

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Missoula Mining,
    ID 2401713
    Home office Townsend, Mt
    Year 1983
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Donald M. And Ronald P. Harper, Locators,B.115,Townsend Mt
    ID 2401713

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING CLAIM LOCATIONS, CLAIMS 99610 TO 99615 INC.

  • Deposit

    TURN RIGHT ON INDIAN CREEK, RIGHT TO INDIAN CREEK ESTATES

  • Deposit

    FOR 1.2 MI. BIG SKY CLAIMS 1 THROUGH 6.

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT APRIL 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-1992 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 06/09/1995
MSHA mine ID2401713
Mine name (MSHA)Seahawk Incorporated
Current operatorSeahawk Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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