The Warm Springs Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 4,268 feet.
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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: 4,268 Feet (1,301 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.45056, -111.98528
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Warm Springs Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warm Springs Gulch Placer
Secondary: Warm Springs Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
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: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: GRAVEL ACCUMULATIONS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $4-18/TON PT AT $30/OZ AVG. THIS WOULD BE 4.5-21 PPM PT. 0.13 TO 0.6 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sperrylite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF WARM SPRINGS CREEK
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF SPERRYLITE
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS NEITHER LARGE NOR RICH
Comment (Workings): NO DREDGING OF THIS DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1907, MONTANA, LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, PLATINUM: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 84, AUG. 24, P. 375.
Reference (Deposit): LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, P. 43, 45.
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.
