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Moose Creek 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019718
MRDS ID DC11217
Record type Site
Current site name Moose Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Highland Chief and Big Chief Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86008, 46.92489 (WGS84)
Relative position RISES ON THE N SIDE OF OGDEN MT AND FLOWS N INTO THE BLACKFOOT RIVER ABOUT 6 MI NE OF HELMVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moose Creek(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 013N;014N 010W;010W 02,03,11;34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE ON MOUTH OF MOOSE CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

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) -112.86008, 46.92489
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CANYON THROUGH WHICH MOOSE CR FLOWS IS SAID TO BE TOO NARROW AND ROUGH TO PERMIT EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE-1945

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SINCE 1904 ONLY ONE YEAR HAS BEEN RECORDED AS HAVING ANY PRODUCTION 1909.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 119, 131.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 31, P. 87

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, MBMG MEM NO 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHLAND CHIEF AND BIG CHIEF OWNER IS JACK MACEACHERON, 1124 3RD, BAKERSFIELD, CAL.

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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