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Waylett Placer

Occurrence in Sanders 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019035
MRDS ID DC08375
Record type Site
Current site name Waylett Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45658, 47.87515 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 3.0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELK LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Butte Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootenai 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 Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 024N;025N 030W;030W 04;34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG LOWER LYONS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45658, 47.87515
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description General Structural Grain Of Northward Trending Faults Which Are Parallel To Subparallel To Folds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Fred Hayles

Mining district

District name Cabinet Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Waylett

Comments on development

  • PLACER WAS BEING DEVELOPED UNTIL ABOUT 1970 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , P. 34 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 84 - 85 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-11-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS DISTRIBUTED IN UPPER GRAVELS WITHIN SEVERAL FEET OF THE SURFACE. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE DERIVED FROM GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS IN THE NEARBY AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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