Cow Creek Placer

Past Producer in Beaverhead 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123460
MRDS ID D010489
MAS/MILS ID 0300010671
Record type Site
Current site name Cow Creek Placer
Related records 10013926

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -113.77592, 45.53549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Hole Pass(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 N 018 W 25 C W2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -113.77592, 45.53549

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERDS

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I 1803 C P. 38.

  • Deposit

    WOLLE, MONT. PAY DIRT, A GUIDE TO MINING CAMPS OF THE

  • Deposit

    TREASURE STATE, P. 62, 1963.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JAN-1994 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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