Miner 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10293646
MRDS ID D010468
MAS/MILS ID 0300010683
Record type Site
Current site name Miner Creek Placer
Related records 10097871

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -113.63701, 45.29069 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
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

Homer Youngs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(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 006 S 017 W 24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN R. 16 AND 17, SECS. 24, 25, 26, 17, 19, AND 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -113.63701, 45.29069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MRDS

  • Deposit

    SASSMAN THESIS, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, P. 287.

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.