The Deer Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 3,120 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: 3,120 Feet (951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.37528, -115.36056
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Deer Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deer Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Fault (Silver Creek). Throws Along Fault Range From 2000 To Several Thousand Ft. Region Has A General Structural Grain Of Nw Trending Faults And Folds.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE
Comment (Production): ALTHOUGH TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS NOT GREAT, SOME "RICH AREAS" WERE FOUND. SLUICING OPERATIONS DURING 1924 YIELDED $124 ON ONE CLAIM - THIS IS THE ONLY PRODUCTION FIGURE FOUND WITHIN LITERATURE.
Comment (Development): GROUNDS ALONG CREEK HAVE BEEN PATENTED. MOST PLACER MINING WAS DONE BY HAND. CREEK WAS WORKED ALONG ALMOST ITS ENTIRE LENGTH.
Comment (Deposit): LARGE PILES OF HAND SORTED BOULDERS ALONG THE CREEK INDICATE THAT PANNING WAS DIFFICULT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 608 , PL. 48 .
Reference (Deposit): LYDEN, C. J., 1948 , THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , P. 99 .
Reference (Production): WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 608 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-15-1963
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.
