The Indian Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Broadwater county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Indian Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Indian Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1860
Discovery Year: 1860
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: El Dorado - Lombard Overthrust, Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: North-Trending Zone Of Stocks
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO BE $1,500,000 PRIOR TO 1901. SOME MINING IN 1911-1915, 1933-1943, 1945-1949. GRADE OF GRAVEL MINED IN 40'S WAS ABOUT 1 TOZ/150 YD
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION OF HASSEL
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592, 58 P.
Reference (Production): USBM INF. CIRC. 7592
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, 283 P.
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.
