Gem River Sapphire

Prospect in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Sapphire
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173408
MAS/MILS ID 0300231071
Record type Site
Current site name Gem River Sapphire

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.62869, 46.1924 (WGS84)
Elevation 1850
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino 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

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 N 008 W 17 C N2N2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sapphire Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.62869, 46.1924

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gem River Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PUBLIC NOTICS, 199590202.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-AUG-1995 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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