Basin 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172688
MRDS ID D007137
MAS/MILS ID 0300570322
Record type Site
Current site name Basin Creek Placer
Related records 10011938

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.94615, 44.8457 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011 S 003 W 27 SESWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.94615, 44.8457

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM&G MEM 26, 1948, P94.

  • Deposit

    MBMG OFR 207, P. 522.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED ON THE JUNE 95 USGS GSC ID # LIST; HOWEVER USGS HAS A DIFFERENT LAT/LONG OF N445053/W1115734.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-95 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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