The Silver Bow Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Silver Bow Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Bow Creek Placer
Secondary: Clark Fork River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE ON MILES CROSSING.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION LESS THAN $1000000 AT 580 TO 700 FINE.
Comment (Geology): THE SOURCE OF THE GOLD IS FROM VEINS THAT ARE EXPOSED IN THE MISSOULA GULCH, VEINS WEST OF BUTTE AND ON BOTH SIDESOF THE VALLEY THAT THE CREEK FLOWS THROUGH.
Comment (Deposit): DUE TO RIGHT OF WAY OF 3 RAILROADS, COUNTY SANITARY DRAINAGE, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IT IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER THIS CR COULD BE DREDGED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 139, 143-4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 610, P. 170.
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 143-4.
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.
