Prickly Pear Creek Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011770
MRDS ID D006891
Record type Site
Current site name Prickly Pear Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Golconda Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02588, 46.38879 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position FROM 0.5 MILES S. OF JEFFERSON CITY TO E. HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N;008N 003W;003W 06,07,08,17,18;29,31,32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. FOR JEFFERSON CITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1.5 MI S OF E HELENA $0.25/CY AU (1933)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.02588, 46.38879

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
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Winston Brothers Co. (Yuba Dredge)
    Home office Between Alhambra And Jefferson City

Comments on the production information

  • 1904-1933 INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGE, 1933 DRAG-LINE DREDGE 1.5 MILES S. OF E. HELENA; DRY LAND DREDGE ON DUTTON RANCH (1938); YUBA ELECTRIC CONNECTED BUCKET DREDGE ON CREEK S OF CLANCY

Comments on development

  • FIRST FOUND NEAR CLANCY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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.