Warm Springs Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039024
MRDS ID M046539
Record type Site
Current site name Warm Springs Gulch Placer
Alternate or previous names Warm Springs Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.98616, 46.45046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1301
Relative position 9 MI SOUTHEAST OF HELENA, ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF CLANCY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clancy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 003W 16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF WARM SPRINGS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF SPERRYLITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result $4-18/TON PT AT $30/OZ AVG. THIS WOULD BE 4.5-21 PPM PT. 0.13 TO 0.6 OZ/TON AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.98616, 46.45046

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GRAVEL ACCUMULATIONS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of last production 1904

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DREDGING OF THIS DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1907, MONTANA, LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, PLATINUM: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 84, AUG. 24, P. 375.

  • Deposit

    LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, P. 43, 45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS NEITHER LARGE NOR RICH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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