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Nelson Gulch Placers

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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098047
MRDS ID DC09495
Record type Site
Current site name Nelson Gulch Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15782, 46.57768 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF NELSON GULCH IS 8.5 KM SW OF HELENA CITY HALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N;009N 004W;004W 31,32;05,06,07,08,17,18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE THE CONFLUENCE OF NELSON GULCH AND TEN MILE CR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

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) -112.15782, 46.57768
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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
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Helena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 1904-1927 SOME PLACER MINING WAS DONE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1869 3 BEDROCK FLUMES WERE OPERATING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 55, 58.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 202.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUESTIONABLE IF DREDGABLE GROUND REMAINS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 1865 1 NUGGET WEIGHING 100 OZ WAS FOUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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