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Reservoir Hill Placer

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097796
MRDS ID D006867
Record type Site
Current site name Reservoir Hill Placer
Alternate or previous names Reservoir Placer Mine
Related records 10270433

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.97313, 46.51933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 8.1 KM SSW OF GOLDCREEK.

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 011W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IT IS BETWEEN RESERVIOR GULCH AND GOLD CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.97313, 46.51933
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Royal Stock

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIN LAYER OF GRAVEL CEMENTED WITH CALCIUM CARBONATE ON THE TOP OF THE TERRACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer (Gold Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Montana Gold And Chem. Co. (Resevoir Placermine)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY NOT LARGE.

Comments on development

  • RESERVOIR PLACER MINE WAS ACTIVE IN 1956-57.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 978, P. 91-2.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 55.

  • Production

    USGS BULL 978, P. 92.

Reporter information

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

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