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Piegan Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011768
MRDS ID D006889
Record type Site
Current site name Piegan Gulch Placer
Related records 10172755

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34033, 46.80268 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF PIEGAN GULCH IS 5.53 KM W OF CANYON CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 006W 10,15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. MOUTH OF PIEGAN GULCH, PLACER WORKINGS GO UP STREAM FOR 1 MILE.

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) -112.34033, 46.80268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Marysville Stock

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bench Placers

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Year of last production 1904

Mining district

District name Marysville District

Comments on the workings information

  • ON WEST BANK FOR .5 MI ABOVE MOUTH, FROM THE UPPER END OF THE BENCH, PLACERS FOR .5 MILE, BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK WERE WORKED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 55, 61.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 24.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENCH PLACER
Deposit DOUBTFUL IF ANY DREDGEABLY GROUND IS LEFT EXCEPT MAYBE WITHIN TWO MILES OF ITS MOUTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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