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Confederate Gulch, Backer

Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008964
MRDS ID D001531
Record type Site
Current site name Confederate Gulch, Backer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45086, 46.58323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 002E 35,26,25,13 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.45086, 46.58323
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • CONFEDERATE GULCH PLACERS EST. PROD. RANGES FROM $10,000,000 TO $30,000,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND SCHRADER, F.C., 1933, METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 842, P. 163-164, 171-175

  • Production

    PARDEE, 1933, USGS BULL. 842

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL FOR AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. 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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