Fish Creek Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221765
MAS/MILS ID 0300930133
Record type Site
Current site name Fish Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names See Cooley Cooly Placer, See Fish Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.50918, 45.7943 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Humbug(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001 N 007 W 31 SESENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.50918, 45.7943

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 95,1975

  • Deposit

    ALSO SEC 32,T1N,R7W

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 100,1976,P24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CLAIMS (PATENTED) COVER 203 ACERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-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.