Cable Placer

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019614
MRDS ID DC10956
Record type Site
Current site name Cable Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2148, 46.19628 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position HEADWATER OF CABLE CR 2.3 KM W OF GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 10,14,15,23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG CABLE CR. BELOW CABLE MINE, LAT. LONG. CABLE CREEK BELOW CABLE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

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) -113.2148, 46.19628

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Bedrock Below Outcrop Of Lode

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872
Production years TO 1907

Mining district

District name Georeetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Kohrs
    Home office Boulder, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • $350000 PRODUCED (MBMG MEM NO 20, P.20)

Comments on development

  • 1906 KEYSTONE DRILL USED ON FLAT BELOW CABLE, IT WAS FOUND TO BE GOLD BEARING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 264.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 25, 26.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 610, P. 148-9.

  • Deposit

    5) MBMG MEM NO 20, P. 20

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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