Betty Placer

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010283
MRDS ID D003880
Record type Site
Current site name Betty Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6368, 46.81099 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 14 MILES SSE OF RIVULET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 024W 08,17 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR DEPOSIT BETWEEN CACHE CREEK AND HYDE CREEK ON SOUTH FORK FISH CREEK; OTHER LOCATION OF PLACER IS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE UP CACHE CREEK FROM SOUTH FORK FISH CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6368, 46.81099

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Placer Deposits

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. R. Runyon

Comments on the workings information

  • STATUS IS DEVELOPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 107 , P. 25

  • Deposit

    1978 COMPILE MBMG, BULL 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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