The Meadow Creek Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 3,442 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: 3,442 Feet (1,049 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.04278, -114.82694
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Meadow Creek Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meadow Creek Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Meadow Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C And H Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): NEW DEVELOPMENT WORK BEGAN IN 1977
Comment (Deposit): PLACER DEPOSITS WITHIN THE AREA ARE INTIMATELY RELATED TO LODE DEPOSITS.
Comment (Location): NEAR THE MOUTH OF SMITH GULCH
Comment (Geology): OTHER PLACERS ALONG MEADOW CREEK HAVE BEEN NEITHER LARGE OR RICH AND HAVE BEEN GENERALLY WORKED BY DRIFTING ON THE PAY STREAK.
Comment (Deposit): INACTIVE (1956) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LYNDEN, C. J., 1948 , THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , P. 102 .
Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D. C., DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 25 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-04-1961
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.
