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Poorman Creek 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. 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 10011769
MRDS ID D006890
Record type Site
Current site name Poorman Creek Placer
Related records 10269992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60507, 46.87546 (WGS84)
Relative position ITS MOUTH IS 1.5 KM SW FROM LINCOLN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swede Gulch(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)

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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N;013N 007W;008W 19;22,23,24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF THE BLACKFOOT RIVER. PLACER MINING SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE FROM MEAD GULCH (LAT. LONG.) UP STREAM TO WHERE POORMAN CREEK MEETS ITS S. FORK. ; 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) -112.60507, 46.87546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Peak Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY 10 SEASONS FROM 1904-1945 HAVE BEEN WORKED. 1910 WAS MOST PRODUCTIVE YEAR

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER WORKING HAVE ONLY BEEN FOR A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE MEAD GULCH MEETS POORMAN UPSTREAM ABOUT 5.0 KM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 55, 63-4.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 24.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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