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Raleigh 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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014738
MRDS ID D011648
Record type Site
Current site name Raleigh Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91202, 46.86933 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT LONG ON INTERSECTION OF N HELMVILLE CANAL AND CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helmville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 13N 10W 19,20 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PLACERED FROM MOUTH TO HEAD OF CREEK.

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) -112.91202, 46.86933
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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
Discoverer Lincoln
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Al Raleigh
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Walker

Comments on the production information

  • OVER $200000 WAS PRODUCED - SOME SAY IT WAS UP INTO THE MILLIONS.

Comments on development

  • WATER DITCHES FROM WASSON, DEER, AND CHICKEN CREEKS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOUT, KOEHLER, 1949 MS THESIS, MT COL SCI MIN AND TECH

  • Production

    STOUT, KOEHLER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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