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Basin and Quartz Creeks Placer

Past Producer in Granite 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019800
MRDS ID DC11569
Record type Site
Current site name Basin and Quartz Creeks Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58371, 46.31961 (WGS84)
Relative position FLOWS INTO ROCK CREEK, 3.3 KM UP A ROAD FROM GILLIES BRIDGE, 15 MI W OF PHILIPSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornish Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N;006N 016W;016W 33,34,35;03,04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG CONFLUENCE OF BASIN AND QUARTZ CREEKS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

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) -113.58371, 46.31961
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Rock Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LARGEST PRODUCTION YR WAS 1922 WITH $7000.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1922 HYDRAULIC OPERATION ON BASIN CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 34, 35

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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