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Big Pipestone Creek Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102003
MRDS ID DC10994
Record type Site
Current site name Big Pipestone Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26338, 45.90546 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 7 MI W OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmoe Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 005W 20,28,29,19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, BELOW DRY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26338, 45.90546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bismark-Van Armin Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBY, R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B., AND CROWLEY, F.A.,1960, MINE AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 122P

  • Production

    MBMG BULL. 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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