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Camp Verde Placer Mining Claim

Occurrence in Powell 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022669
MRDS ID FS00079
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Verde Placer Mining Claim
Related records 10270508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.94813, 46.47156 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LOCATED ON PIKES PEAK CREEK ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHERNLY FROM GOLD CREEK TOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Creek Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 011W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • U.T.M. COORDINATES APPROXIMATED NEAR THE HEAD OF PIKES PEAK CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES FROM NO. 1 OPEN CUT - FIVE GOOD COLORS APPROXIMATELY WORTH 30 CENTS.

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) -112.94813, 46.47156
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Royal Stock

Comments on the geologic information

  • GLACIAL DRIFT CAN BE FOUND IN AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer (Gold Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Clarence H. Pierce And Sophie Pierce

Comments on the workings information

  • ON CLAIM NO. 1 OPEN CUT - 5 FT BY 15 FT BY 20 FT; NO. 2 OPEN CUT - 4 FT BY 5 FT BY 15 FT; NO. 3 SHAFT - 4 FT BY 4 FT BY 10 FT CAVED IN; NO. 4 PROSPECT CUT - 2 FT BY 2 FT BY 3 FT CAVED IN; CABIN AND SHED ARE ON THE CLAIM ALSO. AS OF 1950 7 TOTAL CUTS FOUND ON CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL JOINT - USFS AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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