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Three Mile 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 10011772
MRDS ID D006894
Record type Site
Current site name Three Mile Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5884, 46.70684 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position BEAVER POND IS 11.6 KM N OF AVON., .2 Km Radius, .2 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 008W 01,11,15,35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER WORKINGS ONLY IN UPPER REACHES OF THE CREEK. BEAVER POND IS WHERE THREE MILE AND GEORGIA CREEK JOIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)

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) -112.5884, 46.70684
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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
Year of first production 1865
Year of last production 1904

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE IS A PLACER MINE IN SEC 35, T11N, R8W, ON A TRIBUTARY OF THREE MILE CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST WORK HAS BEEN DONE ABOVE THE BEAVER POND OR ANY OF ITS TRIBUTARIES THAT ARE IN THE MTN., THE LOWER PART OF THE CREEK IS COVERED BY GLACIAL DEBRIS.

Reporter information

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

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