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Snowshoe Creek Placer

Past Producer 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098049
MRDS ID DC09599
Record type Site
Current site name Snowshoe Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53423, 46.60073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position MOUTH OF SNOWSHOE CR EMPTIES ON THE LITTLE BLACKFOOT RIVER 5.0KM E OF AVON. LAT LONG ARE ON MOUTH OF CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N;011N 007W;007W 04,09,17,19;22,23,27,28,33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER MINING BEGINS AS CR ENTERS MOUNTAINOUS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

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) -112.53423, 46.60073
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ONE NUGGET VALUED $3280 AT $20.67/OZ IN DEADWOOD GULCH A BRANCH OF SNOWSHOE CR. WAS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTING, SLUICING, AND HYDRAULIC GIANTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 119, 126-7.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 29-31.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 610, P. 168.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 126.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENCH AND CREEK PLACERS
Deposit 1911 GRAVELS AT MOUTH WERE TESTED FOR DREDGING. SO FAR IT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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