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Linda Jo Placer

Past Producer in Broadwater 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022845
MRDS ID FS00341
Record type Site
Current site name Linda Jo Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63781, 46.69268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 20 MI NE OF HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Ferry(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 20,29,30 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SEVERAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PLACER GOLD HAS COME FROM THIS REGION. THIS CLAIM, SHOWS NO COLOR NOW

Analytical data

Result NO ASSAY REPORT

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63781, 46.69268
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Frank Sasek

Mining district

District name Magpie Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Max A. Babb

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE 14 CUTS WITH TUNNEL, ALL IN VERY POOR CONDITIONS. 3 SHAFTS ALL CAVED. 2 TRENCHES IN SHALE AN DEBRIS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1952 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

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