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Bridge Placer

Occurrence in Park 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022891
MRDS ID FS00399
Record type Site
Current site name Bridge Placer
Related records 10197207

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.2383, 45.2877 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position SITUATED AT THE MOUTH OF BRIDGE CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012E 27 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A COLOR BARELY VISIBLE WAS FOUND BY MINERAL EXAMINER (1936)

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT
Result AU - 3 MGS/CUBIC YD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AREA OF THE CLAIM IS FILLED WITH GLACIAL TILL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer John E. Summers

Mining district

District name Hicks Park Mining

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John E. Summers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PROSPECT HOLE IS WORKED THROUGH A SLUICE BOX

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1936 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1956 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

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

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