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Stonewall No. 7 Placer

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark 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 10022887
MRDS ID FS00394
Record type Site
Current site name Stonewall No. 7 Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.7248, 47.0235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position ON STONEWALL CREEK IS APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 MILES SW OF STONEWALL MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonewall Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015N 009W 27 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY LITTLE AU VALUE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.7248, 47.0235
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BELT SERIES IS NOT MINERAL BEARING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer John M. Morris, Wm. Hargis

Mining district

District name Stonewall Canyon Mining

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John M. Morris, William Hargis

Comments on the workings information

  • NO IMPROVEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

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

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