American Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Powell 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011753
MRDS ID D006869
Record type Site
Current site name American Gulch Placer
Related records 10148707

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.65368, 46.77768 (WGS84)
Relative position GRAVEL PIT IS 3.8 KM E OF FINN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Finn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 008W 17,19,20,30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • A TRIBUTARY OF NEVADA CREEK. LAT. LONG. ARE OF AMERICAN GULCH AND GRAVEL PIT AT ITS MOUTH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

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) -112.65368, 46.77768

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Finn District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PLACER ACTIVITY SINCE 1904 TO 1947. DOUBTFUL WHETHER GRAVEL DEPOSITS SIZE OR RICHNESS WARRENT DREDGING.

Comments on development

  • GREATEST PRODUCTION PRE 1890.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 89, 128

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 128.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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