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Indian Creek Placer

Producer in Broadwater 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071309
MRDS ID W014635
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek Placer
Related records 10221236

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66586, 46.30546 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 KM WEST OF TOWNSEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Giant Hill(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N;006;007N;006N 001W;001W;001E;001E Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION OF HASSEL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite Dikes;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics, Andesite
    Rock description Quartz Diorite Dikes;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics, Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66586, 46.30546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description El Dorado - Lombard Overthrust, Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Zone Of Stocks

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Source Of Gold Believed To Be Quartz Veins In Andesite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Indian Creek District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO BE $1,500,000 PRIOR TO 1901. SOME MINING IN 1911-1915, 1933-1943, 1945-1949. GRADE OF GRAVEL MINED IN 40'S WAS ABOUT 1 TOZ/150 YD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30000M
    Overall width 200M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey

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