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Virginia Creek 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011776
MRDS ID D006899
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Tarhead, Lopear and Specimen Gulches
Related records 10270145

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34257, 46.88546 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF VIRGINIA CREEK IS AT WILBORN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilborn(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 006W;007W 07,08,15,16,17;10,11,12,15,16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. FOR MOUTH OF VIRGINIA CREEK, PLACER FROM STAMPLE DOWNSTREAM TO MOUTH. ; 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
    Rock unit name Glacial Till
    Rock description Glacial Till
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Glacial Sediment

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34257, 46.88546
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Below Stemple Mining Camp To Wilborn

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER DEPOSITS FROM GOLD-BEARING VEINS OF STEMPLE MINING CAMP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVITY WAS RECORDED FOR 10 SEASONS FROM 1927-1945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 12874.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 87

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 55, 63.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 610, P. 155.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TARHEAD, LOPEAR, AND SPECIMEN GULCHES ARE TRIBUTARIES OF VIRGINIA CREEK AND THEY HAVE PRODUCED MODERATE AMOUNT OF GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

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

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