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Basin Creek Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tin
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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. 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 10019677
MRDS ID DC11111
Record type Site
Current site name Basin Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26338, 46.27073 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF BASIN CREEK IS AT BASIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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 006N;006N;007N;008N;008N 005W;006W;006W;005W;006W 07,17,18;01,02,12;02,03,09,10,15,16,22,27,35;31;35,36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. CONFLUENCE OF BASIN CREEK AND BOULDER RIVER, PLACER EXTENDS UP TO HEAD OF CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26338, 46.27073
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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

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • LATTER 1800'S A FLOATING DREDGE WAS ASSEMBLED ABOVE WINTER'S CAMP. DURING 1900'S MOST WORK HAS BEEN DONE ALONG ITS HEADWATERS, 1940 DRAG LINE DREDGE ASSEMBLED ON UPPER BASIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 14-16.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 43, 49, 50.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, P. 86, 87, 92, 93.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 23

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 49; USGS BULL. 1151, P. 93.

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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