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Sauerkraut 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011771
MRDS ID D006893
Record type Site
Current site name Sauerkraut Gulch Placer
Alternate or previous names Robinson and Flesher Mine
Related records 10196421

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.76674, 46.93628 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF SAUERKRAUT IS 3.5 MILES SW OF 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

Moose Creek(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 009W 05,08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • A TRIBUTARY OF THE BLACKFOOT RIVER. LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR ITS MOUTH. MINING WAS DONE IN A FLAT AREA ABOUT 3 MILES FROM 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) -112.76674, 46.93628
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • WORK HAS BEEN REPORTED ON ONE OR MORE CLAIMS ALMOST EVERY YEAR FROM 1904-1948

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PLACER MINE (1926) OPEN CUT 1500 FT LONG AND 100 FT WIDE. GOLD WASHED FROM GRAVEL AND BOULDERS BY BOOMING AND GROUND SLUICING.

Comments on development

  • 1926 ROBINSON & FLESHER MADE AN OPEN CUT 1500 BY 100 FT, 3 MI ABOVE THE MOUTH OF THE CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 55, 64-5.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 114-15.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 64-5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH MODERATELY COARSE GRAVEL FOUND ON HIGHER PARTS OF THE BEDROCK SURFACE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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