The French Creek Placer and Tributaries is a gold mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.95417, -113.02222
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French Creek Placer and Tributaries MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: French Creek Placer and Tributaries
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
District: French Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Bostana Mines Co.
Home Office: Dillon, Mt.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer Au-PGE
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Discovery Year: 1864
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: French Creek Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FORMER OPERATIONS ALSO WORKED CALIFORNIA AND OREGON CREEKS HYDRAULICLY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): GROUND HAS BEEN DREDGED AND HYDRAULIC MINED
Comment (Location): FRENCH GULCH
Comment (Development): A CONNECTED-BUCKET DREDGE OPERATED 1901-1902. AT THE SAME TIME A HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR AND THREE FLUMES WORKED GRAVEL UP THE CANYON.
Comment (Deposit): Merged data from Deposit ID10246120 (French Creek Placer )
References
Reference (Deposit): REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES-1949: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEM. 31, P. 20.
Reference (Deposit): LYDEN, C.J., 1948, GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 26, P. 24
Reference (Production): MBMG MEMOIR 26, P. 24.
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.
