Lump Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson 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 10019466
MRDS ID DC10582
Record type Site
Current site name Lump Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10782, 46.45962 (WGS84)
Relative position 8.0 KM N. OF GREGORY MT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 004W 09,16,17 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. WHERE LUMP GULCH AND CORAL GULCH CONVERGE PLACER DEPOSIT GOES UP LUMP GULCH FROM HERE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

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) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10782, 46.45962

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 1904
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 43, 45

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 24.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 45.

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.