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Wilson 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019687
MRDS ID DC11150
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21199, 46.16212 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF WILSON CR 10.9 KM SW OF BOULDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(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 005N 005W 20,21,22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. IS THE CONFLUENCE OF WILSON CR AND LITTLE BOULDER RIVER ; 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) -112.21199, 46.16212
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD PROBABLY ORIGINATED IN GOLD-BEARING VEIN IN QUARTZ MONZONITE IN MOUNT RISGAH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 14-15

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 43, 47, 48.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 5, P. 24

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER CLAIMS HAVE BEEN INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE FROM 1900-1940'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 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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