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Wisconsin Creek Placer

Past Producer in Madison 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102014
MRDS ID DC11097
Record type Site
Current site name Wisconsin Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17031, 45.50268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S;004S 005W;004W 12,01;06 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILE ABOVE AND BELOW MOUTH OF WISCONSIN GULCH, ON WISCONSIN CREEK.

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 > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss And Schist
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss And Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17031, 45.50268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Exposed Bedrock, Stream Gravel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1929-1947

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Wisconsin Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. A. Clark (Estate)
    Home office Union Bank, Helena, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • 19 YEARS CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1609.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • WIDTH VARIABLE, ROUGHLY 100 TO 1000 FT.

Comments on development

  • HYDRAULIC GIANT, DERRICK, 42-IN FLUME 1/2 MILE LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-17-1963

  • Production

    MBMG MEMOIR 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDROCK IS EXPOSED FOR 500-600 FEET AT MOUTH OF CANYON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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