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Rocker 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097800
MRDS ID D006892
Record type Site
Current site name Rocker Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60645, 46.00212 (WGS84)
Relative position JUST N OF TOWN OF ROCKER IN GULCH.

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 16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WORK DONE IN GULCH AND IN LAKE BED.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60645, 46.00212
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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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner British-Butte Mining Co.
    First year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 356.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 CF RISDON ELECTRIC DREDGE WAS PUT IN GULCH, AND A SHAFT WITH BORE HOLE AT BOTTOM WAS PUT A FEW HUNDRED YDS NW OF DREDGE. SHAFT 670 FT DEEP, THE DRILL HOLE 500 FT. DID NOT REACH BEDROCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 139, 144

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 144.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN GRAVEL UNIFORMLY SMALL.

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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