Rock Creek District

Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Gemstone, Corundum, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000359
MRDS ID D009568
Record type District
Current site name Rock Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58423, 46.29159 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornish Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Gemstone Primary
Corundum Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58423, 46.29159

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name ROCK CREEK DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner AMERICAN GEM
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 34-5.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 1994, AMERICAN GEM PRODUCING SAPPHIRES IN MONTANA: V. 80, NO. 30, P. 1, 10, 11.

Beyond USGS

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