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Sheep Creek Placer

Past Producer in Beaverhead 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013920
MRDS ID D010480
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.87645, 45.38657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 16.0 MI N 42 W OF DILLON, Within 3000 Ft Along Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torrey Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 010W 15,16,20,21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI SW OF INDIAN QUEEN MI ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1978

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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.87645, 45.38657
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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
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850

Mining district

District name Birch Creek (Utopia) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Power, Green And Co.
    First year 1884

Comments on the workings information

  • BEDROCK FLUME STARTED, 1884

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTOR OF MINES REPORT, 1884

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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