Jefferson Creek Placer

The Jefferson Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.

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: Jefferson Creek Placer
Secondary: Charles Pryse and G&G Toole Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Finn 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

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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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

Comment (Development): G&G TOOLE OWNER: HARRY C.W. RICHTER AND CATHERINE KIELEY, 314 SPRUCE ST.; TOWNSEND MONT., OPERATOR: LOUIS EICH, ELMER WAGGNER, TOWNSEND, MONT., PRODUCING IN 1961; CHARLES PRYSE OWNER: HARRY C.W. RICHTER, 842 8TH AVE., HELENA MONT., PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING IN 1962; JEFFERSON CREEK PLACERS OWNER VENTURE MINING CORP., 4100 SW HWY, SUITE 200, HOUSTON TX. 77027, PRODUCING IN 1975, IN SEC 11, T12, R9.

Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE FOR THE CONJUCTION OF JEFFERSON CR AND MADISON GULCH. PLACER MINING CONTINUES UP STREAM. G&G TOOLE AND CHARLES PRYSE ARE BOTH LOCATED AT SEC 11, T12, R9. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Comment (Location): Added Lewis and Clark county and promoted it to first place to correct lat/long-county discrepancy.

References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 26 , P. 119, 129.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 114

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 33, P. 37

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 25, P. 42.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 100, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 610, P.167-8.

Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 26, P. 129.

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.