The Mcclellan Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Mcclellan Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mcclellan Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Mcclellan Gulch 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 Au-PGE
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE NUGGETS THE SIZE OF WHEAT GRAINS OR LARGER ARE ABOUT 870 FINE. A PAN OF GRAVEL WAS SAID TO HOLD $500 (1870'S)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Merged data from Deposit ID 10148683 (McClellan Mine)
Comment (Production): IN YEARS 1930-1948 PLACER MINING HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT AND ANY ONE SEASON'S RECOVERY VALUED AT LESS THAN $1000.
Comment (Location): TRIBUTARY OF POORMAN CR. LAT LONG ARE FOR ITS MOUTH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS GEN. NUGGET GOLD. THE GULCH IS QUITE NARROW AND ALONG STRETCHES THE GRAVEL IS ABOUT 30 FT DEEP. TWO PAY STREAKS, A LOWER GULCH CHANNEL AND A HIGHER BAR CHANNEL.
Comment (Geology): SOURCE OF GOLD PROBALLY QUARTZ LODES AT HEAD OF VALLEY.
Comment (Deposit): 1927 A.J. WOOD AND FRED MEADE WERE MINING AN OPEN CUT 2.5 MI ABOVE THE MOUTH. THEY FOUND A NUGGET WEIGHING 57 OZ. LARGEST NUGGET FOUND AND IT WAS WORTH $1700. IT WAS 870 FINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): Koschmann, A. H., and Bergendahl, M. H., 1968, Principal gold-producing districts of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, p. 156.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 24
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 55, 64.
Reference (Deposit): Pardee, J.T. and Schrader, F.C., 1933, Metalliferous deposits of the greater Helena mining region, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 842, P. 117-18.
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 64., USGS PP 610, P. 156.
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.
