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Missoula Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Silver Bow 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087432
MRDS ID D006887
Record type Site
Current site name Missoula Gulch Placer
Alternate or previous names Summit Valley
Related records 10221783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5495, 46.00407 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position MISSOULA GULCH RUNS JUST W OF BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 008W 11,14,23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. ARE FOR MISSOULA GULCH AND US 15-90.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AU $11-14/OZ WHEN AU WAS VALUED AT $20.67/OZ.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5495, 46.00407
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the production information

  • MISSOULA, BUFFALO, TOWN, AND PARROT GULCHES PRODUCED $1500000 AU, FROM 1864-1867. MISSOULA WAS THE RICHEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 139, 144-45.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 28.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 144-45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO INCLUDED BUFFALO, TOWN, AND PARROT GULCHES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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