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Orphan Boy 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019314
MRDS ID DC09463
Record type Site
Current site name Orphan Boy Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91563, 46.47267 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position MINE IS 3.6 KM NE OF DONEY LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Creek Lake(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 011W 12 NE4 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN VALLEY OF WILLOW CR. MAY HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS MILL CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

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 Early And Intermediate Glacial Drifts
    Rock description Early And Intermediate Glacial Drifts
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.91563, 46.47267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS RESTING ON TERT LAKE BED AND IS OVERLAIN BY INTERMEDIATE DRIFT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioneer (Gold Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • A SIMILAR DEPOSIT NEARBY WITH AN IRREGULAR PAY STREAK HAD BEEN MINED FROM A CUT 250 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 978, P. 92, 96

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS ROUGH OR SLIGHLY WATERWORN. ITS SIZE IS FROM A PIN-HEAD TO WHEAT GRAIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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