The Elk Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Missoula county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Elk Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elk Creek Placer
Secondary: Elk Creek Hydraulic
Secondary: Warner
Secondary: Davey
Secondary: And McKevitt and Iverson Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Elk Creek 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 Au-PGE
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1886
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Garnet 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 (Deposit): AU OCCURS MAINLY AS DUST AND SMALL FLAT PARTICLES (WARNER PLACER)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NATURAL PARK IN SEC 23 & 26, T13N, R14W, LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SPOT, PARTICULARLY ABOVE AND BELOW IT. LOWER ELK CREEK HAS BEEN TESTED.
Comment (Production): DRAG-LINE DREDGE IN SEC. 23 & 26, T13N, R14W HAD PRODUCED 46 OZ AU BY 1948.
Comment (Deposit): WARNER PLACER STARTS AS CREEK ENTERS MT TO NATURAL PARK AT SEC. 23, T13N, R14N. M'KEVITT & IVERSON WAS AT MOUTH OF MEMANUS GULCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Merged data from Deposit ID 10124765 (Elk Creek Placer) located 1.3 mi. North.
Comment (Geology): AU MOST LIKELY CAME FROM TOP'O DEEP, GARNET AND COLOMA DISTRICTS.
Comment (Workings): MINERS DITCH 3 MILES LONG WAS BUILT IN 1869, TO THE HEAD OF ELK CR. SEC 23 AND 26, T13N, R14W, A NATURAL PARK USED A DRAG LINE AND DRY-LAND DREDGE. WARNER PLACER HAD AN OPEN CUT GT 1000 FT AND USED A 30 IN FLUME. M'KEVITT & IVERSON (1916) USED 16 IN FLUME.
Comment (Location): LAT LONG FOR MOUTH OF WALLACE CAP GULCH. PLACER MINING IS A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE CREEK LEAVES THE MOUNTAIN TO ITS HEAD. 1 BENCH PLACER ACROSS FROM MOUTH OF N FORK.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 237-38.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 108.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 8, 11-16, 24.
Reference (Deposit): 5) USGS PP 610, P. 164.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 8, P. 8, 11-16. MBMG MEM 26, USGS PP 610.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 27.
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.
