Pioneer District-Montana

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000355
MRDS ID D009564
Record type District
Current site name Pioneer District-Montana
Alternate or previous names Gold Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.94731, 46.51929 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT GOES FROM THE JUNCTION OF S GOLD CREEK AND GOLD CREEK TO THE MOUTH OF GOLD CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffin Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.94731, 46.51929

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description ROYAL STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1852

Mining district

District name PIONEER DISTRICT
District name GOLD CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 978, P. 73-99.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 610, P. 168-169.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 34.

Beyond USGS

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