The Camp Verde Placer Mining Claim is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Camp Verde Placer Mining Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Camp Verde Placer Mining Claim
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
Owner Name: Clarence H. Pierce And Sophie Pierce
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES FROM NO. 1 OPEN CUT - FIVE GOOD COLORS APPROXIMATELY WORTH 30 CENTS.
Comment (Location): U.T.M. COORDINATES APPROXIMATED NEAR THE HEAD OF PIKES PEAK CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)
Comment (Workings): ON CLAIM NO. 1 OPEN CUT - 5 FT BY 15 FT BY 20 FT; NO. 2 OPEN CUT - 4 FT BY 5 FT BY 15 FT; NO. 3 SHAFT - 4 FT BY 4 FT BY 10 FT CAVED IN; NO. 4 PROSPECT CUT - 2 FT BY 2 FT BY 3 FT CAVED IN; CABIN AND SHED ARE ON THE CLAIM ALSO. AS OF 1950 7 TOTAL CUTS FOUND ON CLAIM.
Comment (Geology): GLACIAL DRIFT CAN BE FOUND IN AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): 1950 DIREXPL JOINT - USFS AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Reference (Deposit): FS FILES
Reference (Deposit): 1948 DIREXPL USFS
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.
