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Garnet Placer

Prospect in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022814
MRDS ID FS00299
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet Placer
Related records 10245425

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61893, 46.70629 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 22 MI NW OF HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hellgate Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 001E 16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SITUATED ON NEVER SWEAT GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAIMANT CLAIMS TO AVERAGE 2.00 DOLLARS A DAY DURING SEASON

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - .04 OZ/TON AG .2 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.61893, 46.70629
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer George Montgomery

Mining district

District name Magpie Gulch

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Montgomery

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3.05M
    Overall length 2.44M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • BOTH WORKS ARE IN ALLUVIUM AND BOTH IN VERY POOR CONDITION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1952 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

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