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French Creek Placer and Tributaries

Past Producer in Deer Lodge 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010912
MRDS ID D004996
Record type Site
Current site name French Creek Placer and Tributaries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02312, 45.95406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 12 AIR MILES SOUTH OF ANACONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N;002N 012W;011W 01,06 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • FRENCH GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02312, 45.95406
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name French Creek District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bostana Mines Co.
    Home office Dillon, Mt.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 194.256HA

Comments on the workings information

  • GROUND HAS BEEN DREDGED AND HYDRAULIC MINED

Comments on development

  • A CONNECTED-BUCKET DREDGE OPERATED 1901-1902. AT THE SAME TIME A HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR AND THREE FLUMES WORKED GRAVEL UP THE CANYON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES-1949: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEM. 31, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    LYDEN, C.J., 1948, GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 26, P. 24

  • Production

    MBMG MEMOIR 26, P. 24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMER OPERATIONS ALSO WORKED CALIFORNIA AND OREGON CREEKS HYDRAULICLY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Merged data from Deposit ID10246120 (French Creek Placer )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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