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Canyon Creek 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019102
MRDS ID DC08592
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34257, 46.88268 (WGS84)
Relative position THE CONFLUENCE OF VIRGINIA AND CANYON CREEKS IS 16 KM NW OF HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilborn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

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;013N 005W;006W 30,31;15,22,23,24,25 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THE PLACER MINING CONTINUES FOR 5 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE MOUTH OF THE VIRGINIA CREEK, LAT LONG. ARE AT THE CONVERGENCE OF BOTH CREEKS

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) -112.34257, 46.88268
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bench Placers

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1869
Year of last production 1931

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 842, 1933, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 55, 62, 63

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 87.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MODERATELY RICH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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