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Little Blackfoot River 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011762
MRDS ID D006882
Record type Site
Current site name Little Blackfoot River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.42645, 46.5624 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ELLISTON IS 20 MI. SW OF HELLENA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elliston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 007W 01,02,03,06,07,18,19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. FOR ELLISTON. MOST PLACER WORK HAS BEEN DONE ONLY AROUND ELLISTON AND ONE DONE NEAR YMCA CAMP SEC. 19, T9N, R6W.

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) -112.42645, 46.5624
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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

Comments on the production information

  • FEW OF THE OPERATIONS HAVE YIELD A PROFIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST PLACER WORKED BY HAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 89, 125-26.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 263.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 26, P. 125.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA IN SEC. 19 WAS TESTED IN 1940 AND SHOWED ONLY TRACES OF AU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 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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