The Little Gold Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,250 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.41333, -113.13278
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Little Gold Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Gold Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Princeton (South Boulder 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream 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
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: GRAVEL ACCUMULATION
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BLACK SAND CONCENTRATE: AU=$30/TON (50 PPM), PT=$1/TON (1.1 PPM) (1900). GRAVEL YIELDED 5 LB BLACK SAND/TON GRAVEL
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Monazite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS WHERE CREEK IS CROSSED BY A ROAD INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Production): THERE WAS MINIMAL PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): SLUICING
References
Reference (Deposit): LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, P. 35, 41.
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H., AND CALKINS, F.C., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S. GELOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 78, P. 264.
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.
