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Ontario Creek Placer

Past Producer in Powell 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011750
MRDS ID D006865
Record type Site
Current site name Ontario Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Eddy Claim
Related records 10270367

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.387, 46.43129 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position WHERE BISON CR AND ONTARIO CR JOIN, 4.1 KM N OF BISON MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison 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

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 006W 20,21,27,28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • TRIB. OF LITTLE BLACKFOOT RIVER, JOINING IT 7 MI S OF ELLISTON. MOST PLACER MINING HAS BEEN UP STREAM FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF BISON CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.387, 46.43129
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1904-1948 ONLY 11 SEASONS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY MINED. EDDIE CLAIM HAS BEEN MOST CONSISTENT PRODUCER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 119, 124

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 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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