| Deposit ID | 10097872 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010478 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Steel Creek Placer |
| Alternate or previous names | Steele Cr. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.34174, 45.59989 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Relative position | 5.4 MI S 78 E OF WISDOM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stewart Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wisdom(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)
Federal lands
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003S | 014W | 02,03,04,05 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium | ||
| |||
| (1) | -113.34174, 45.59989 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| Discoverer | Mike Steele, Edward Boyle, Barney Mcdonald |
| Year of first production | 1869 |
| District name | Wisdom District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010478 |
MBMG BULL 85, P. 143
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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