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Three Mile Creek Placer

Past Producer in Ravalli 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011774
MRDS ID D006897
Record type Site
Current site name Three Mile Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.919, 46.61795 (WGS84)
Relative position THE CREEK JOINS BITTERROOT RIVER 4 MI S OF FLORENCE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grayhorse Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(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 Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N;010N 019W;018W 13,24;17,18,20,21,27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER MINE LOCATED ON CLEVELAND QUAD IS 4.5 KM NW OF THREE POINT MTN., PLACER MINING EXTENDS UP THREE MILE CREEK ABOUT 7 KM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PRE 1911, $3-4/DAY AU.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.919, 46.61795
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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

Mining district

District name Three Mile District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PRE 1911, BOX FLUMES WITH 9 IN POLE BOTTOMS AND GRIZZLIES. PLACER AU EXTENDS FROM HILLSIDES TO RIVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 133-35.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 28.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS VALLEY MIGHT BE FAVORABLE FOR DREDGING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit FINELY DIVIDED AU WAS TO BE FOUND IN ALMOST ALL GRAVELS OF THE CANYON.

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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