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Bivens Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Madison 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019738
MRDS ID DC11328
Record type Site
Current site name Bivens Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06003, 45.3999 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 8 AIR MILES SE OF SHERIDAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 004W 12,13,14,15,16,21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • FROM MOUTH TO HEAD OF BIVENS GULCH.

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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06003, 45.3999
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1864
Production years SMALL BUT STEADY PRODUCTION SINCE EARLY DAYS.

Mining district

District name Sheridan District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 8046.5M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM. 26, P. 83.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-17-1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) 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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