White Creek District

Past Producer in Broadwater 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001035
MRDS ID MP90039
Record type District
Current site name White Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50416, 46.6096 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Ferry SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Broadwater

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.50416, 46.6096

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name FOLDING
Structure description FOLDED AND FAULTED PRECAMBRIAN AND PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name WHITE CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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