Kelly Irvine, and Squaw Gulch Pits, Gold Hill

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019326
MRDS ID DC09532
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Irvine, and Squaw Gulch Pits, Gold Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93758, 46.48739 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position HEAD OF SQUAW GULCH IS 6.7 KM N OF ROCK CR 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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 011W 35,36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG ARE ON HEAD OF SQUAW GULCH. W SIDE OF GOLD HILL ABOVE THE STEEP SLOPE TO SQUAW GULCH, HAS BEEN MINED. THE N MAIN PART IS CALLED SQUAW GULCH PIT, S IS CALL KELLY AND IRVINE PITS ; 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 > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.93758, 46.48739

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Royal Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioneer (Gold Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $20000 AU HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE KELLY AND IRVINE PITS. SQUAW GULCH PIT IS REPORTED TO BE LARGER.

Comments on development

  • SQUAW GULCH WAS MOSTLY MINED BEFORE 1920. KELLEY AND IRVINE PITS WERE AFTER 1920 WHEN WATER WAS BROUGHT IN FROM PIKES PEAK CR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 978, P. 75, 86-87

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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.