The Kelly Irvine, and Squaw Gulch Pits, Gold Hill is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Kelly Irvine, and Squaw Gulch Pits, Gold Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kelly Irvine, and Squaw Gulch Pits, Gold Hill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Pioneer (Gold Creek) District
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
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: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Royal Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT. LONG ARE ON HEAD OF SQUAW GULCH. W SIDE OF GOLD HILL ABOVE THE STEEP SLOPE TO SQUAW GULCH, HAS BEEN MINED. THE N MAIN PART IS CALLED SQUAW GULCH PIT, S IS CALL KELLY AND IRVINE PITS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)
Comment (Production): $20000 AU HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE KELLY AND IRVINE PITS. SQUAW GULCH PIT IS REPORTED TO BE LARGER.
Comment (Development): SQUAW GULCH WAS MOSTLY MINED BEFORE 1920. KELLEY AND IRVINE PITS WERE AFTER 1920 WHEN WATER WAS BROUGHT IN FROM PIKES PEAK CR.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 978, P. 75, 86-87
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.
