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Tibbits Placer

Past Producer in Granite 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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019769
MRDS ID DC11436
Record type Site
Current site name Tibbits Placer
Alternate or previous names Gold Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.04202, 46.47517 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.1 KM NORTH OF THE JUNCTION OF S GOLD CREEK AND GOLD CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 012W 01 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result $16-17/OZ AU
Result DIRT $0.40/CY (1913). 853 FINE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.04202, 46.47517
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Royal Stock

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Richest Dirt At Bedrock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Year of first production 1896
Year of last production 1907
Production years BEFORE 1907

Mining district

District name Rose Mountain (Gold Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1940 THEY HAD BUILT A 12FT DAM ON UPPER GOLD CR LAKE AND 2MI OF DITCHES AND FLUME. THEY HAS A BULLDOZER, 7.5 OWEN GRAPPLE, ICY KOEHRING SHOVEL, ICY PAGE DRAG-LINE AND ICY KOEHRING DIPPER SHOVEL. EXPECTED TO HYDRAULIC BY MAY 1940.

Comments on development

  • MASTERS MINING CO. WORKED TIBBETS PLACER IN 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 263

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 23

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 978, P. 93-4.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 20, P. 93-4.

  • Production

    USGS PP 78, P. 263-4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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