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Flint 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011759
MRDS ID D006878
Record type Site
Current site name Flint Creek Placer
Related records 10220799

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.31981, 46.33045 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position W. OF PHILIPSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 014W 23,26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DOWNSTREAM 1 MILE PLUS, ON THE WEST BANK; 2 MILES NE OF PHILIPSBURG, AN OLD HYDRAULIC WORKINGS ON THE EAST BANK.

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) -113.31981, 46.33045
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR AREA NE OF PHILIPSBURG COULD NOT BE FOUND; 1905, 1909 RECORDED PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 1609.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 AREA DUE WEST OF PHILIPSBURG, 2ND AREA 2 MILES NE OF PHILIPSBURG AND IT HAD USED HYDRAULICS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 35, 38, 39.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 23.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 38, 39

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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