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Dog Creek and Tributaries Placer

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097798
MRDS ID D006876
Record type Site
Current site name Dog Creek and Tributaries Placer
Alternate or previous names Uncle Ben Gulch, American Gulch, And Hope Creek Placers
Related records 10124815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.38145, 46.6749 (WGS84)
Relative position CONFLUENCE OF DOG AND HOPE CREEKS IS 13.1 KM NE OF ELLISTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esmeralda Hill(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N;011N 006W;007W 04,09,15,16,19,20,21,22,28,29;10,11,12,13,14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG AT CONFLUENCE OF DOG AND HOPE CREEKS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.38145, 46.6749
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS SMALL WORKINGS AT THE HEAD OF HOPE CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • UNCLE BEN GULCH ACTIVE 1917, 1925, 1926

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL WORKINGS AT HEAD OF HOPE CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1939, 4.5 MILES OF HOPE CREEK APPEARED TO HOLD GOOD PROSPECTS FOR DRAG-LINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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