Master 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019291
MRDS ID DC09397
Record type Site
Current site name Master Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05091, 46.47072 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.5 KM N OF ROSE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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 008N 012W 01,12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN GOLD CREEK MINE AND TIBBETS PLACER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05091, 46.47072

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Royal Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rose Mountain (Gold Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner O. Pearl Smith
    Home office 745 Sherman, Denver Co. 80203

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 49, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    USFS, DEER LODGE N.F. MAP, 1967.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 82, P. 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-82 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.