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Buffalo Creek Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019319
MRDS ID DC09497
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Weber Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11755, 46.49434 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.8 KM NW OF THE CONFLUENCE OF BUFFALO AND LUMP CRKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N;008N 004W;009N 32,33,34;02,03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE WHERE CREEK AND TWO ROADS MEET. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver 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) -112.11755, 46.49434
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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
Production years 1930-1932, 1939.

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY THREE SEASONS THAT HAD ACTIVITY, 1930, 1932, 1939.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRYLAND DREDGE, SLUICING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 43, 45, 46.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 52.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1937 160 ACRES NEAR HEAD OF CREEK WAS TESTED, BUT GROUND NOT DEVELOPED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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