Miles City

Occurrence in Custer county in Montana, United States with commodities Platinum, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038145
MRDS ID M045433
Record type Site
Current site name Miles City

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.86261, 46.41772 (WGS84)
Elevation 719
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NEAR MILES CITY, Est. Exact Location Is Not Known. Location Shown Is On East Bank Of Yellowstone River On Northwest Side Of Miles City

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miles City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Miles City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Miles City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yellowstone-Sunday(hydrologic unit)

Lower Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 047E 28 NW4 OF SW4 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CADASTRAL COORDINATES ARE ESTIMATED ON THE BASIS OF ESTIMATED LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.86261, 46.41772

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GRAVEL ACCUMULATIONS
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KEMP SIMPLY SAYS PT HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM NEAR MILES CITY. DAY AND RICHARDS DO NOT SHOW PT IN THEIR ANALYSES OF BLACK SANDS FROM THE AREA AND MILES CITY IS NOT MENTIONED IN LYDEN. M.L. ZIENTEK (ORAL COMMUN., 1991) INDICATES THE OCCURRENCE IS POSSIBLY A PLACER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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