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Trinity Gulch 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011775
MRDS ID D006898
Record type Site
Current site name Trinity Gulch Placer
Related records 10281257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.207, 46.80379 (WGS84)
Relative position RISES ON THE SIDE OF EDWARDS MTN. LESS THAN ONE MI. N OF MARYSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(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 012N 005W 14,23,27,32,33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • TRINITY CREEK JOINS WILLOW CREEK WHICH THEN JOINS LITTLE PRICKLEY PEAR W OF THE CHEVALLIER RANCH. LAT. LONG. ARE WHERE TRINITY AND WILLOW CREEKS MEET.

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) -112.207, 46.80379
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS FOR SEVERAL MI. ABOVE ITS MOUTH WERE TESTED FOR DREDGING AND IT WAS FOUND TO CARRY TO LITTLE GOLD TO WARRENT DEVELOPMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek District (?)

Comments on the production information

  • 1872 PAY $8/DAY PER WORKER, ONLY SMALL SAMPLE OF GOLD WAS FOUND IN 1927

Comments on the workings information

  • 1927 A LITTLE DRIFT MINING WAS DONE. IT WAS ABOUT 3 TO 4 MI. ABOVE THE MOUTH

Comments on development

  • FAIRLY RICH BUT SOON WORKED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 55, 61

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 61.

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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