Greenhorn Cr

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019360
MRDS ID DC09678
Record type Site
Current site name Greenhorn Cr
Alternate or previous names Skelly and Davis Gulches, Evans-Jones Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19395, 46.65823 (WGS84)
Relative position CONFLUENCE OF SKELLY GULCH AND GREENHORN CR IS 13.6 KM NF FROM 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

Austin(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)

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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N;011N;011N 005W;005W;006W 02,03,05,06,08,09;29,30,31,32,33,34;13,24,25,36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE THE CONFLUENCE OF SKELLY GULCH AND GREENHORN CR. EVANS-JONES PLACER IS IN SEC. 5 & 6, TION, R5W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19395, 46.65823

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Austin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. R. L. Tostevin (Greenhorn Placer On Seven Mile To Cr At Nprr Bridge 2.5 Mi Nw Of Austin.)

Comments on the production information

  • 1910-1922 AND 1931-1944 $13607.00 WAS RECOVERED, $1100.00 AFTER GOLD WAS $35/OZ.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTING, SLUICING, HYDRAULIC STREAM AND GRAVEL BARS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 842, 1933, P. 62.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 55, 58-9.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6334, P. 26.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 58.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GREENHORN CR, SKELLY AND DAVIS GULCHES WERE ACTIVELY MINED FOR PLACER GOLD. GREENHORN CR (1939) WAS WORKED FROM 1000 YD BELOW POST OFFICE TO 500 YDS ABOVE IT. EVANS-JONES PLACER WAS WORKED IN 1942 FOR ROUGH SCHEELITE CONCENTRATE.
Deposit WORKABLE GROUND REMAINS ; 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

Beyond USGS

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