Dry Cottonwood Creek

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Sapphire, 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 10220864
MAS/MILS ID 0300230099
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Cottonwood Creek
Alternate or previous names Dry Cotonwood Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.7337, 46.2427 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 N 009 W 28 NWNWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sapphire Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Sediment or sedimentary rock

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED IN SEC 29,33,34,35

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE MAS SEQ# 0300230100 "DRY COTTONWOOD CREEK PLACER" AND MAS SEQ# 0300230079 "DRY COTTONWOOD CREEK". THEY ARE IN THE SAME DRAINAGE AREA AN MAY BE PART OF THE SAME CLAIM AREA OWNED/ OPERATED BY AMERICAN GEM CORP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAY-1998 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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