Basin Creek Placer

The Basin Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Jefferson county, Montana.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Basin Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tin

Location

State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): LAT. LONG. CONFLUENCE OF BASIN CREEK AND BOULDER RIVER, PLACER EXTENDS UP TO HEAD OF CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Comment (Workings): LATTER 1800'S A FLOATING DREDGE WAS ASSEMBLED ABOVE WINTER'S CAMP. DURING 1900'S MOST WORK HAS BEEN DONE ALONG ITS HEADWATERS, 1940 DRAG LINE DREDGE ASSEMBLED ON UPPER BASIN.

References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 14-16.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 43, 49, 50.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1151, P. 86, 87, 92, 93.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 23

Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 26, P. 49; USGS BULL. 1151, P. 93.

Principal Gold Districts of Montana

In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.