Big Creek

Past Producer in Mineral 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 10197177
MAS/MILS ID 0300610028
Record type Site
Current site name Big Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.3821, 47.37627 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haugan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 019 N 030 W 26 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.3821, 47.37627

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1027-M, 1956 P.608

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS ALSO IN TOWNSHIP 019N RANGE 030W SECTIONS 27 31 32

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-92 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.