The Spring Cr and Rocker Gulch Placers is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Spring Cr and Rocker Gulch Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Cr and Rocker Gulch Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Emery (Zosell) 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
Owner Name: Rocker Gulch: Emery Consolidated Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PROD. FOR SPRING CR AND ROCKER GULCH IS BETWEEN $75000 TO 100000.
Comment (Deposit): ROCKER GULCH GRAVELS LESS THAN 10FT DEEP AND FROM A FEW FT TO 32 FT WIDE.
Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE FOR ROCKER GULCH. SPRING GULCH IS A TRIBUTARY OF N FORK OF COTTONWOD CR. THE MOUTH OF N FORK OF COTTONWOOD CR IS 0.3 KM UP STREAM FROM ROCKER GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)
Comment (Workings): ROCKER GULCH WAS MINED FOR 0.5 MI ALONG NARROW STRETCH BELOW THE BLUE EYED MAGGIE MINE AND FOR 0.75 MI ABOVE THE FORKS.
Comment (Geology): AU ERODED FROM OUTCROPS FROM ZOSELL (EMERY) DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): DUE TO PRESENCE OF MG OXIDES AND FREE AU BEING UNCOMMON IN THE ORES OF THIS DISTRICT IT IS DOUBTED ANY RICH PLACER GOLD REMAINS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 119, 124.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 283
Reference (Deposit): UNPUB. USGS MEM REPT. 4812
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 34, P. 1, 19, 22, 23, 27.
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 26, P. 124
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.
