Orofino Creek

Unknown 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 10294269
MAS/MILS ID 0300770178
Record type Site
Current site name Orofino Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.6937, 46.2874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 N 009 W 11 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.6937, 46.2874

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED IN SECTIONS 3,4,10,1213

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S. 1929

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842,1933 P 283

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.