Rattlesnake Creek

Producer in Beaverhead 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108527
MRDS ID DC11719
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.85922, 45.28046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position ON CREEK AROUND ARGENTA AND DOWNSTREAM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S;007S 010W;010W 28,29,33,34;02,03,11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER MINING REMNANTS VISIBLE ON NORTH BANK OF CREEK UPSTREAM FROM FERDINAND MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.85922, 45.28046

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Production years INTERMITTENT SINCE 1870

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 170.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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