The Virginia Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Virginia Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia Creek Placer
Secondary: Tarhead
Secondary: Lopear and Specimen Gulches
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Location): LAT. LONG. FOR MOUTH OF VIRGINIA CREEK, PLACER FROM STAMPLE DOWNSTREAM TO MOUTH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)
Comment (Production): ACTIVITY WAS RECORDED FOR 10 SEASONS FROM 1927-1945
Comment (Geology): PLACER DEPOSITS FROM GOLD-BEARING VEINS OF STEMPLE MINING CAMP
Comment (Deposit): TARHEAD, LOPEAR, AND SPECIMEN GULCHES ARE TRIBUTARIES OF VIRGINIA CREEK AND THEY HAVE PRODUCED MODERATE AMOUNT OF GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 87
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 26, P. 55, 63.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 5, P. 24.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 610, P. 155.
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 63
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.
