Boomerang Creek Placer

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098056
MRDS ID DC10001
Record type Site
Current site name Boomerang Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1856, 46.25962 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUTH OF GULCH IS 5.5 KM NW OF BOULDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 005W 13,23,24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. LONG. CONFLUENCE OF BOOMERANG GULCH AND BOULDER RIVER

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) -112.1856, 46.25962

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1900

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 14-15.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 43, 48

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

Beyond USGS

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