Rochester Creek Placer

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097840
MRDS ID D008856
Record type Site
Current site name Rochester Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47032, 45.58323 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI. NW OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Bridges SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 007W 05,09,16,15,14 Montana

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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.47032, 45.58323

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Comments on development

  • SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1890'S, 1904-1940. LOW WATER FLOW HAMPERED EARLY WORK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    M.B.M.G. MEM. 26, 1948, P. 85-86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.