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Pikes Peak Cr 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. 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 10019325
MRDS ID DC09525
Record type Site
Current site name Pikes Peak Cr Placer
Alternate or previous names Batterton, Pilgram, Treadwater, And Wilson Bars, And Woods Flat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.92591, 46.54156 (WGS84)
Relative position THE MOUTH OF PIKES PEAK CREEK IS 4.9 KM S OF GOLDCREEK. LAT AND LONG ARE ON MOUTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffin Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N;009N 010W;011W 19,30,31;13,24,25,36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WILSON BAR WEST SIDE OF PIKES PEAK CR. FROM THE MOUTH OF PIKES PEAK UP STREAM 0.7 KM; NEXT IS WOODS FLAT NORTH OF DRY GULCH; TREADWATER BAR WEST OF PIKES PEAK CR AND EAST OF NORTON GULCH; PILGRAM BAR IS JUST UPSTREAM FROM TREAD WATER BAR; BATTERTON BAR IS SOUTH EXTENTION OF PILGRAM BAR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AU FROM BATTERTON BAR WAS VALUED AT 17.75/OZ, AU FROM WOODS FLAT WAS VALUED AT $18.60/OZ (PRE 1900'S)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Lake Beds;Gravel Terraces
    Rock description Lake Beds;Gravel Terraces

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.92591, 46.54156
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Royal Stock

Comments on the geologic information

  • BATTERTON BAR GRAVEL IS ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR COBBLES AND BOULDERS OF QUARTZITE AND HORNSTONE. IN LOWER TERRACES THE GRAVEL BECOMES SUCCESSIVELY FINER, AND GRANITE IS MORE PLENTIFUL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer J.M. Bozeman And Others
Year of first production 1862

Mining district

District name Pioneer (Gold Creek) District

Comments on the production information

  • PRE 1900'S, $140000 IN A SINGLE SEASON FROM ON TERRACES ON BATTERTON BAR.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NEAR CONFLUENCE OF PIKES PEAK CREEK AND DRY GULCH UPPER 4-6 FT IS LIGHT GRAVEL AU, $0.40/CY. LOWER 8 FT IS HEAVY GRAVEL AU, $0.50-.60/CY. BETWEEN THESE GRAVEL BEDS IS 4 FT OF CLAY THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BREAK DOWN BY WASHING.

Comments on the workings information

  • SLUICE AND DREDGE, PITS, 1871 3 HYDRAULIC GIANTS WERE ON WILSON BAR.

Comments on development

  • 1934 DREDGE MINING BEGAN ON PIKES PEAK CR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 978, P. 73-75, 87-88.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 122.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 27

  • Production

    USGS BULL 978, P. 87-8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TERRACES 5-6 FT THICK, BED ROCK IS TERT. LAKE BEDS.
Deposit 1868-69 CONRAD KOHRS AND OTHERS DUG THE ROCK CR DITCH. IT WAS 16 MI LONG AND DELIVERED WATER AT A POINT ON GOLD HILL ABOVE NEARLY ALL THE TERRACES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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