| Deposit ID | 10010828 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004817 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Trail Creek Placer |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.82036, 45.66739 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Relative position | WEST OF THE BIG HOLE BATTLEFIELD ON TRAIL CR. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Elk Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Big Hole(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 001S;002S | 018W;018W | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| REE Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Allanite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Sphene | Gangue |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Result | SAMPLE CONCENTRATE WAS COMPOSED OF 44.6% ILMENITE, 35.8% MAGNETITE, 2.0% MONAZITE, AND LESS THAN 2% EACH OF GARNET, EPIDOTE, PYRITE, SPHENE, ZIRCON AND ALLANITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium | ||
| |||
| (1) | -113.82036, 45.66739 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Idaho Batholith |
| Length | 22530.2M |
|---|---|
| Width | 640.08M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Pioneer District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004817 |
MBMG MEM 26, P. 12.
USBM RI 6365, P. 26-29.
USBM IC 8268
1964 DIREXP U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 636
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AREA COVERED BY DEPOSIT IS OVER 14 MILES LONG, AND 50-700 YARDS WIDE. BEDROCK WAS REACHED AT BETWEEN 8 AND 30 FEET DEPTH. |
| Deposit | PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION IS REPORTED FROM MAY CREEK, A HEADWATERS TRIBUTARY, AND DURING 1938 PLACER CREEK WAS BEING MINED WITH A DRAGLINE SHOVEL (LYDEN, 1948) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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