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Clark Fork of the Columbia River Placer

Occurrence in Granite 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094414
MRDS ID D006874
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Fork of the Columbia River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33286, 46.71239 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position FROM HASKEL TO BELOW NIMROD ON THE CLARK FORK, .5 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearmouth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
010N;011N;011N;011N;011N 012W;012W;013W;014W;015W 05,06,08,09,10,13,14,15,16,24;31;07,16,17,18,21,22,23,24,25,26,36;11,12,13,14,15,16,17,19,20,21,22;14,15,16,21,22,23,24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. AT BEARMOUTH, MOST PLACER WORK HAS BEEN DONE FROM BEARMOUTH TO NIMROD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result FROM BEARMOUTH TO NIMROD: $0.04/CY TO $0.06/CY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33286, 46.71239
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • TEST HOLES IN ALL PROMISING AREAS, IN 1940 3 HOLES IN SEC. 08, 09, 10, AND 16 OF T. 10 N, R. 12W WERE DRILLED. 60 FT IN SHALE BEDROCK, 2 25 FT HOLES INTO CLAY, ONLY TRACES OF AU FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 35, 37

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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