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Valjo Placer

Prospect in Powell 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022856
MRDS ID FS00355
Record type Site
Current site name Valjo Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3845, 46.43573 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 1 MILE E OF LUTTRELL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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

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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 006W 17,18,20 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOLD OCCURS IN MINUSCULE PORTIONS NO ASSAY REPORT WAS MADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3845, 46.43573
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BATHOLITH IS CAPPED WITH LAVA FLOW OF BASALT AND ANDESITE CAMP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Valerie And Joseph Genty

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Valerie And Joseph Genty

Comments on the workings information

  • IMPR. DISCOVERY CUT, 6X6X5; SHAFT 8X8X5 VERY OLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1959 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

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

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