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Flagg Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silica, Gold, REE, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019537
MRDS ID DC10769
Record type Site
Current site name Flagg Placer
Alternate or previous names Flag
Related records 10221742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41421, 45.95323 (WGS84)
Elevation 2067
Relative position 3.5MI SE OF BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 007W 01 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Gold Secondary
REE Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ USED AS SILICA FLUX

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Allanite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41421, 45.95323
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALLANITE, CERIUM EPIDOTE, OCCURS ABUNDANTLY AS SMALL GRAINS SCATTERED IN GRAVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Homestake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • PLACER WAS WORKED IN SUMMER, 1959. MATERIAL WAS TO BE SENT TO ANACONDA SMELTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-18-1961

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON ROBY, ETAL, MT BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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