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Brewster Creek Placer

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097797
MRDS ID D006871
Record type Site
Current site name Brewster Creek Placer
Related records 10270262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.64537, 46.61156 (WGS84)
Relative position AT QUIGLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grizzly Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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

Lolo 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 010N 016W 14,15,16,20,21,23,24,26,27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. AT QUIGLEY, PLACER GOES UP BREWSTER CREEK, FROM MINES IN THE ALPS DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) -113.64537, 46.61156
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER GOLD ORIGINATED WITHIN VEINS OF THE ALPS MINING DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Alps District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 35-37

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUESTIONABLE WHETHER GRAVEL DEPOSITS SUFFICIENT AND RICH ENOUGH AND BOULDER-FREE TO SUPPORT A DREDGING CAMPAIGN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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