The Prickly Pear and Clancy Placers is a gold mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.46806, -111.98333
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Prickly Pear and Clancy Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prickly Pear and Clancy Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Clancy-Lump Gulch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Roger Gold Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): AT LEAST 85% OF PRODUCTION IN 1937-1942 AND 1946-1948
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION OF INTERSECTION OF CLANCY CREEK AND PRICKLY PEAR CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 610, 283 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROBY, R. N., ACKERMAN, W. C., FULKERSON, F. B., AND CROWLEY, F. A., 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONT.: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 16, 122 P.
Reference (Production): USGS PROF. PAPER 610, MBMG BULL. 16
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.
