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Buffalo Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Powell 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019700
MRDS ID DC11178
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.74258, 46.81045 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position BUFFALO GULCH EMPTIES INTO NEVADA LAKE NOT FAR FROM A UP-STREAM END.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 009W 04,05,09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE WHERE BUFFALO GULCH TURNS N AND JOINS CALIFORNIA GULCH.

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) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.74258, 46.81045
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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 PRE-1890

Mining district

District name Finn District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 119, 130.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 114

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 610, P. 167-8.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 130.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT IS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER DREDGEABLE 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-MAY-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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