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Lower Gold 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10019782
MRDS ID DC11480
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Gold Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names China Bar Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90785, 46.58322 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF GOLD CR IS 1.5 KM E OF THE TOWN OF GOLDCREEK. LAT LONG ON MOUTH OF GOLD CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffin Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N;010N;010N 011W;011W;010W 01,11,12,14,15,21,28,29;36;31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CHINA BAR IS LOCATED ABOUT 1.0 MI FROM THE MOUTH OF THE CREEK ON THE EAST BANK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90785, 46.58322
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Royal Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1852
Discoverer Francois Finlay
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Pioneer (Gold Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 1867 CHINA BAR WAS PRODUCING $50/MONTH. BY USING SLUICE BOX $1.50-2.00/DAY WAS RECOVERED IN 1862.

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC GIANTS WERE FIRST USED IN 1871. 1860 A 30 FT SHAFT WAS SUNK BY HENRY THOMAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 978, P. 69, 73, 75-77, 91, 93.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 118-120, 122.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 263-4.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 610, P. 168-69.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26. USGS BULL 978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PART OF GOLD CREEK BELOW THE MOUTH OF PIONEER CREEK HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR CONNECTED-BUCKET DREDGING. BUT THE BOULDERS MAY MAKE IT UNPROFITABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit GOLD IS PRESENT IN GRAVELS AND BENCHES BUT CONTAIN MANY LARGE BOULDERS. CHINA BAR GRAVEL IS 8 FT THICK.

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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