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Gold Creek Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294713
MAS/MILS ID 0300390171
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.05781, 46.46429 (WGS84)
Elevation 2054
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 012 W 11 NESENE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PORTION OF PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED IN POWELL COUNTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.05781, 46.46429
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1982

Mining district

District name Gold Creek Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Blue Ribbon Resources Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1998

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 26, 1948, P40.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, "GOLD CREEK PROPERTY",

  • Deposit

    P291.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, "GOLD CREEK", P217.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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