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Boca Placer Claim

Occurrence in Deer Lodge 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022675
MRDS ID FS00084
Record type Site
Current site name Boca Placer Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19119, 46.18822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position LIES IN THE VALLEY OF CABLE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE - TAKEN FROM DUMP AND SHAFT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: GOLD - 0.14 MILLIGRAMS (PER CUBIC YARD?)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • Dip GRAVITY CONCENTRATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer H. C. Bacorn, And Martin Peterson

Mining district

District name Georeetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. C. Bacorn And Martin Peterson

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKS ON CLAIM - 5 BY 9 AND 6 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1938 DIREXPL USF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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