The Bilk and Weasel Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Bilk and Weasel Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bilk and Weasel Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Top O'Deep 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Garnet Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): WAS EXHAUSTED BEFORE PRODUCTION EQUALED COST OF PLANT . LOWER COURSE OF BILK GULCH HAD SEVERAL NUGGETS, ONE WHICH WEIGHED 32 OZ AT $600.
Comment (Deposit): GRAVEL MINED ALONG LOWER BILK GULCH PRE 1917, WAS RICH, SEVERAL NUGGETS WERE FOUND, ONE WAS 32OZ. LARGE BOULDERS OF BROWN GARNET ROCK ARE ABUNDANT. WHEN BROKEN SOME OF THEM SHOW SMALL PARTICLES OF AU ASSOCIATED WITH CHRYSOCOLLA.
Comment (Workings): A PUMPING PLANT WAS INSTALLED ON WEASEL CR. PRE 1917
Comment (Location): UPPER TRIBUTARIES OF DOUGLAS CR LAT. LONG. CONJUCTION OF BILKS AND WEASEL GULCHES
Comment (Location): Political location in the record is Powell county. However, original lat/long plots in Granite county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-49-3N 113-14-47W (46.8175 -113.24639); UTM N
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 236-37
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 131, 132
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.
