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Cottonwood Creek and Gravel Range Placer

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011757
MRDS ID D006875
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Creek and Gravel Range Placer
Related records 10270463

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28756, 46.83962 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF CREEK IS 4.51 KM NW OF THE TOWN OF CANYON CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N;013N;012N 005W;006W;006W 31;33,34,35,36;01,02,03,04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. MOUTH OF COTTONWOOD CREEK, PLACER GOES UP STREAM FOR ABOUT 5.5 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) River Gravel In Places Are Cemented With Silica.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28756, 46.83962
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANCIENT RIVER CHANNEL EXTENDS 4 MI ALONG RIDGE; IT IS 500 FT. THICK AND CONTAINS LITTLE GOLD. PLACER GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM LODES OF THE STEMPLE-GOULD DISTRICTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 55, 62-3.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 62.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 AGES; (1) OLDER AND LARGER IS AN ANCIENT RIVER CHANNEL WHICH IS NOW A CREST OF GRAVEL RANGE (2) YOUNGER PLACERS IN GULLIES AND VALLEYS DRAINING FROM CREST TO COTTONWOOD CREEK.

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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