Dry Cottonwood Creek

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Sapphire, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123486
MAS/MILS ID 0300230100
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Cottonwood Creek
Alternate or previous names Dry Cottonwood Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.6856, 46.2141 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 N 009 W 02 NWNESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sapphire Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.6856, 46.2141

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED IN SEC 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE MAS SEQ# 0300230079 - "DRY COTTONWOOD CREEK PLACER" AND MAS SEQ# 0300230099 THEY ARE IN THE SAME DRAINAGE AREA ND MAY BE PART OF THE SAME CLAIM OWNED/OPERATED BY AMERICAN GEM CORP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAY-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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