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Big Foot Creek Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019497
MRDS ID DC10642
Record type Site
Current site name Big Foot Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15144, 46.11796 (WGS84)
Relative position CONVERGENCE OF BIG FOOT AND A N. FORK OF A STREAM THAT IS 2.5 KM NW OF TOMAHAWK RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ratio Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004N;004N 004W;005W 07;01,12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG CONFLUENCE OF BIG FOOT AND N FORK OF STREAM, PLACER EXTENDS UP RIVER ABOUT 2 KM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

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) -112.15144, 46.11796
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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
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Big Foot (State Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26 P. 43, 51

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26

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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