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Bearmouth Placer Mine

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196576
MAS/MILS ID 0300390316
Record type Site
Current site name Bearmouth Placer Mine
Alternate or previous names First Chance, Garnet

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.34343, 46.79599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1411

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elevation Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012 N 014 W 15 SWSWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Unconsolidated sand and gravel

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name First Chance (Garnet)

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1865-1959
    Ore mined 8mt
    Accuracy Estimate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Also goes by the name First Chance (Garnet)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-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.

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