The Piegan Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Piegan Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Piegan Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Marysville District
Land Status
Not available
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
Year Last Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1869
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
Type: L
Description: Marysville Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT. LONG. MOUTH OF PIEGAN GULCH, PLACER WORKINGS GO UP STREAM FOR 1 MILE.
Comment (Deposit): BENCH PLACER
Comment (Workings): ON WEST BANK FOR .5 MI ABOVE MOUTH, FROM THE UPPER END OF THE BENCH, PLACERS FOR .5 MILE, BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK WERE WORKED.
Comment (Deposit): DOUBTFUL IF ANY DREDGEABLY GROUND IS LEFT EXCEPT MAYBE WITHIN TWO MILES OF ITS MOUTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 61
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 26, P. 55, 61.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 5, 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.
