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Fish Creek Placers

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221399
MAS/MILS ID 0300930316
Record type Site
Current site name Fish Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Fish Creek Placer, See Cooley Cooly Gulch, See Fish Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.47668, 45.8032 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pipestone Pass(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)

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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001 N 007 W 28 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.47668, 45.8032
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Highland District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fish Creek Development
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Highland Gold Properties, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLOSED - IN RECLAMATION. PART OF THE COOLEY (COOLY) GULCH / FISH CREEK PLACER AREA. THE CLAIMS (PATENTED) COVER 203 ACERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-MAY-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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