Chimney Creek Placer

Past Producer in Powell 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173340
MRDS ID D006888
MAS/MILS ID 0300770029
Record type Site
Current site name Chimney Creek Placer
Related records 10011767

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.85341, 46.85129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013 N 010 W 27 C N2SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.85341, 46.85129

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 26, 1948, P.119, 131

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED IN SECTIONS 33, 34.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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