W.S. Placer

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124317
MAS/MILS ID 0300630134
Record type Site
Current site name W.S. Placer
Alternate or previous names Prince No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -113.31343, 46.83739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1407
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elevation Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013 N 014 W 36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: 10.5 MILES UP ELK CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -113.31343, 46.83739

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. S. Mining
    ID 2401654
    Home office Box 2730, Missoula, Mt 59806
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT MAY 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-87 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/08/1983
MSHA mine ID2401654
Mine name (MSHA)W S Placer
Current operatorW S Mining Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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