Jeff Davis

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010314
MRDS ID D003919
Record type Site
Current site name Jeff Davis
Alternate or previous names Horse-Prairie Creek Drainage

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.21556, 44.89167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 13 MILES SE FROM LEMHI PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Eagles Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011S 013W 07,08,09,16,15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THREE MILES ALONG LENGTH OF JEFF DAVIS CREEK. LOCATION POINT ABOVE IS FOR APPROX. CENTER OF DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.21556, 44.89167

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer S. Robinson

Mining district

District name Chinatown (Colorado)(Prospect)

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGINGS OF 3 MILES ALONG JEFF DAVIS CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1972 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1979-12-01 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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