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Lowland Creek Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019678
MRDS ID DC11115
Record type Site
Current site name Lowland Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Kit Carson Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.44672, 46.20268 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position PLACER STARTS 5.5 KM FROM CONFLUENCE OF LOWLAND CREEK AND BOULDER RIVER AND GOES TO MOUTH OF LOWLAND CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheepshead Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N;006W 007N;007W 2,11;25,26,35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAVEL TREATED BY DRY LAND DREDGE AT 0.18-0.25/CY.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.44672, 46.20268
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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 Lowland District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kit Carson Placer

Comments on the workings information

  • 1938 DRY LAND DREDGE WAS PUT ON CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 43, 50

  • Deposit

    MBMG SUPPLEMENT MEM 20, P. 13

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26; MBMG BULL 16; MBMG MEM 20, SUP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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