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Montana Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001284
MRDS ID A012014
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Creek Placer
Related records 10258305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.67981, 58.46642 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER CLAIMS IN MONTANA BASIN; LOCATION GIVEN FOR HEAD OF MONTANA CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.67981, 58.46642
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: AU PROBABLY DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS IN SLATE AND/OR SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE IN MONTANA BASIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Juneau

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SCALE METHODS; 3 UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED 1882; MINED IN 1880'S, AGAIN IN 1928-1929; REPORTED ACTIVE IN 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AURIFEROUS GRAVEL; NO OTHER DATA
Deposit SEE ALSO: MONTANA BASIN, MCGINNIS CR. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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