The Magpie Placer is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.87472, -112.85556
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Magpie Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Magpie Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hopkins Mine Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Type: L
Description: Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphene
Ore: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ASSAY REPORT; 3.78 MG/PER CUBIC YARD - 2.23 MG/PER CUBIC YARD
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS ABOUT A FOOT BELOW CONTACT POINT BETWEEN QUARTZ MONZONITE AND SEDIMENTARY
Comment (Workings): DIVIDED INTO SIX TRACTS M1 - M6, TRACTS M3, M4 ARE DOZER CUTS, ALL TRACTS APPEAR MINERAL IN CHARACTER
References
Reference (Deposit): 1964 DIREXPL USFS
Reference (Deposit): 1962 DIREXPL USFS
Reference (Deposit): FS FILES
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.
