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Catarack Creek Placers

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011756
MRDS ID D006873
Record type Site
Current site name Catarack Creek Placers
Related records 10270208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.22171, 46.36379 (WGS84)
Relative position CONFLUENCE OF ROCK AND CATARACK CREEKS IS 12.2 KM W. OF CORBIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N;007N;008N 005W;005W;005W 08,16,17;03,04,09,10,15,17,21,22;28,33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER CLAIMS COVER 10 MILES UP THE CREEK FROM ITS MOUTH, EXCEPT SECTIONS 05, 09 OF T.6N., R.5W.; LAT. LONG. IS THE CONFLUENCE OF CATARACK AND ROCK CREEKS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.22171, 46.36379
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SOME AG

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULICS, SLUICING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 14, 15.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 43, 48, 49.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 23.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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