Deer Creek Placer

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

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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.