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Elk Creek Placer

Past Producer in Missoula 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019108
MRDS ID DC08622
Record type Site
Current site name Elk Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Elk Creek Hydraulic, Warner, Davey, And McKevitt and Iverson Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.38565, 46.89378 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF WALLACE CAP GULCH 7.8 KM SE OF MOUTH OF ELK CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenough(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 014W 09,16,21,22,23,25,26,36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG FOR MOUTH OF WALLACE CAP GULCH. PLACER MINING IS A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE CREEK LEAVES THE MOUNTAIN TO ITS HEAD. 1 BENCH PLACER ACROSS FROM MOUTH OF N FORK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.38565, 46.89378
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Garnet Stock

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Confined To 1-2 Ft Of Gravel Next To Bedrock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • AU MOST LIKELY CAME FROM TOP'O DEEP, GARNET AND COLOMA DISTRICTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name Elk Creek District

Comments on the production information

  • DRAG-LINE DREDGE IN SEC. 23 & 26, T13N, R14W HAD PRODUCED 46 OZ AU BY 1948.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NATURAL PARK IN SEC 23 & 26, T13N, R14W, LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SPOT, PARTICULARLY ABOVE AND BELOW IT. LOWER ELK CREEK HAS BEEN TESTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERS DITCH 3 MILES LONG WAS BUILT IN 1869, TO THE HEAD OF ELK CR. SEC 23 AND 26, T13N, R14W, A NATURAL PARK USED A DRAG LINE AND DRY-LAND DREDGE. WARNER PLACER HAD AN OPEN CUT GT 1000 FT AND USED A 30 IN FLUME. M'KEVITT & IVERSON (1916) USED 16 IN FLUME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 237-38.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 108.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 8, 11-16, 24.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    5) USGS PP 610, P. 164.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 8, 11-16. MBMG MEM 26, USGS PP 610.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU OCCURS MAINLY AS DUST AND SMALL FLAT PARTICLES (WARNER PLACER)
Deposit WARNER PLACER STARTS AS CREEK ENTERS MT TO NATURAL PARK AT SEC. 23, T13N, R14N. M'KEVITT & IVERSON WAS AT MOUTH OF MEMANUS GULCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Merged data from Deposit ID 10124765 (Elk Creek Placer) located 1.3 mi. North.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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