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Willow Creek Placer

Past Producer in Powell 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 10011778
MRDS ID D006902
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95147, 46.44517 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.2 KM NNW OF ROCK CREEK LAKE IS DONEY LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Creek Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N;008N 010W;011W 06;01,12,13,14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. ON JOINING OF DONEY LAKE AND WILLOW CREEK PLACER WORK HAS BEEN DONE DOWNSTREAM FROM DONEY LAKE FOR AT LEAST 4-5 KM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

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) -112.95147, 46.44517
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IS PROBABLY CONTAINED IN AND RECONCENTRATED FROM PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL DEBRIS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 1939 141,750 CY THAT AVERAGED $0.45/CY WAS DEVELOPED.

Comments on development

  • 1947 MONTANA MINES, INC., OPERATED A 150 CY WASHING PLANT, BULLDOZER, AND DRAG LINE SHOVEL BELOW DONEY LAKE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 119, 123

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 123

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUND TOO MUCH CLAY (60%) AND MANY LARGE BOULDERS.

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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