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Jefferson Creek Placer

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019699
MRDS ID DC11177
Record type Site
Current site name Jefferson Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Charles Pryse and G&G Toole Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.67452, 46.84296 (WGS84)
Relative position JEFFERSON CR JOINS MADISON GULCH 3.0KM NW OF FINN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Finn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 009W 01,02,11,14,15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE FOR THE CONJUCTION OF JEFFERSON CR AND MADISON GULCH. PLACER MINING CONTINUES UP STREAM. G&G TOOLE AND CHARLES PRYSE ARE BOTH LOCATED AT SEC 11, T12, R9. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)
  • Added Lewis and Clark county and promoted it to first place to correct lat/long-county discrepancy.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.67452, 46.84296
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years MOSTLY PRE-1890.

Mining district

District name Finn District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • G&G TOOLE OWNER: HARRY C.W. RICHTER AND CATHERINE KIELEY, 314 SPRUCE ST.; TOWNSEND MONT., OPERATOR: LOUIS EICH, ELMER WAGGNER, TOWNSEND, MONT., PRODUCING IN 1961; CHARLES PRYSE OWNER: HARRY C.W. RICHTER, 842 8TH AVE., HELENA MONT., PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING IN 1962; JEFFERSON CREEK PLACERS OWNER VENTURE MINING CORP., 4100 SW HWY, SUITE 200, HOUSTON TX. 77027, PRODUCING IN 1975, IN SEC 11, T12, R9.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26 , P. 119, 129.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 114

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 33, P. 37

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 25, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 100, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 610, P.167-8.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 129.

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
Editor 03-SEP-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

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

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