Tenmile Cr and Gould Placer

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019298
MRDS ID DC09414
Record type Site
Current site name Tenmile Cr and Gould Placer
Alternate or previous names Monitor, Tucker, Minnehaha, Bear and Try Again Creeks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26061, 46.91657 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position CONFLUENCE OF MINNEHAHA AND TENMILE IS 19.5 KM SW OF HELENA CITY HALL

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 008N;009N;008N;009N 005W;005W;006W;006W 04,05,06,07,08,09,16,17,18,19,20;04,09,16,17,20,29,30,31,32;01,06,12,13,23,24;06,07,08,09,16,17,18,19,20,36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE FOR THE CONFLUENCE OF MINNEHAHA AND TENMILE CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE SIZE FINE $12/OZ, COURSER $16/OZ ($20.67/OZ AU)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26061, 46.91657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gravel Bars

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PLACER GROUND IS CONFINED TO THE UPPER REACHES OF TENMILE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gould Placer (Try Again Cr)

Comments on the production information

  • MOST PERSISTENT PRODUCERS ARE THE MONITOR, TUCKER, AND MINNEHAHA GULCHES.

Comments on the workings information

  • GOULD PLACER ON TRY AGAIN CREEK HAD PUT IN EQUIPMENT FOR HYDRAULIC MINING (1925)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 261.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 55, 57-8.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, P. 86, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    5) USGS PP 610, P. 157-58.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON TRY AGAIN CREEK 1,000,000 CUBIC YARD OF RICH GRAVEL, 9 FT DEEP ON BEDROCK OF GRANITE

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

Beyond USGS

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