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Brown's Gulch

Past Producer in Silver Bow 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011755
MRDS ID D006872
Record type Site
Current site name Brown's Gulch
Related records 10148841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.70228, 46.00212 (WGS84)
Relative position THE MOUTH OF BROWNS GULCH IS 11.2 KM W OF MONT. SCHOOL OF MINES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramsay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N;003N;004N;004N;005N 008W;009W;008W;008W;008W Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. FOR MOUTH OF BROWNS GULCH, PLACER ACTIVITY EXTENDS UP BROWN'S GULCH AND ALL OF ITS TRIBUTARIES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

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) -112.70228, 46.00212
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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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • HAVE BEEN WORKED FOR PLACER - AU BUT NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • ORO FINO WAS DREDGED BEFORE 1930.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 139, 145.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 610, P. 170.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 145.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL OF THE TRIBUTARIES WERE MINED; ORO FINO GULCH, BULL RUN CR, HAIL COLUMBIA, SHEEP, BUTCHER, ALASKA, AMERICAN, FLUME, TELEGRAPH AND MEADOW GULCH. THEY ARE ALL INTERMITTENT SO AN ADEQUATE SOURCE OF WATER IS NEEDED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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