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Yankee Doodle Creek Placer

Past Producer in Silver Bow 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011779
MRDS ID D006903
Record type Site
Current site name Yankee Doodle Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50506, 46.04712 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF YANKEE DOODLE CREEK IS 1.8 KM N OF THE CENTER OF MEADERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N;004N 007W;007W 05;19,30,31,32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IT IS A HEADWATER TRIBUTARY OF SILVER BOW CREEK. PLACER MINING EXTENDS UP CREEK TO FLOOD CONTROL DAMS. LAT LONG ON MOUTH OF YANKEE DOODLE CREEK.

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) -112.50506, 46.04712
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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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 139, 146.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 29.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 146.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUE TO ERECTION OF FLOOD CONTROL DAMS, LARGE BOULDERS, AND RESTRICTED WATER SUPPLY DREDGING ISN'T WARRENTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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