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Cedar Creek Placer

Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197278
MRDS ID W016803
MAS/MILS ID 0300610084
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Superior Mine, Consolidated Cedar Creek Co. Claim, Superior Gulch Placer
Related records 10197757, 60001719

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.04909, 47.05798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
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

Illinois Peak(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)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015 N 027 W 17 NWNWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.04909, 47.05798
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vaughn Brockbank
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1990
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cedar Creek Mining Co.
    Year 1949
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Kansas City Commercial Co.
    Year 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEASONAL OPERATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-APR-98 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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