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Nevada Creek Placer

Past Producer in Powell 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011767
MRDS ID D006888
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Chicken, Chimney, Deer, And Wasson Creeks
Related records 10173340

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.89535, 46.83267 (WGS84)
Relative position ALL STREAMS FROM OGDEN MTN., WHICH IS 10.8 KM E OF HELMVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helmville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 010W 09,10,15,25,26,27,34,35,36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CHICKEN, CHIMNEY, DEER, AND WASSON CREEKS ARE TRIBUTARIES OF NEVADA CREEK RISING ON THE FLANKS OF OGDEN MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

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) -112.89535, 46.83267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER GOLD PROBABLY ORIGINATED IN SMALL LODE DEPOSITS OF OGDEN MOUNTAIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PLACERS IN THE VICINITY OF HELMVILLE (1904-1947), $54572 FOR 14 SEASONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • GOLD DUST (MCCORMICK) ON OGDEN MTN. SINCE 1921, HAS BEEN RUN BY MR. R. KILBORN. HE USED A GROUND-SLUCING ON A CUT 22 FT. DEEP AND 1500 FT. LONG (1934); A DRY-LAND DREDGE IN 1935. (6 MI E OF HELMVILLE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 89, 130

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 130.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER MINING ONLY DONE ON THE UPPER 1.5-2 MILES OF EACH STREAM.

Reporter information

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

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