The Confederate Gulch Placers is a gold mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.59917, -111.41611
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Confederate Gulch Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Confederate Gulch Placers
Secondary: Montana Gulch
Secondary: Black Tail Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Confederate Gulch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Montana Gold Properties Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: PO Box 155, Helena MT 59624
Info Year: 1993
Owner Name: FMC Gold Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1993
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer Au-PGE
Operation Type: Placer
Year First Production: 1864
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Big Belt Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: El Dorado - Lombard Overthrust, Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Broad Northwest-Trending Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Orebody): SOURCE BELIEVED TO BE ?QUARTZ LODES ON MILLER MOUNTAIN AT THE HEAD OF MONTANA GULCH AND FROM QUARTZ LODES ASSOCIATED WITH A DIORITE DIKE THAT IS CROSSED BY CONFEDERATE GULCH NEAR THE MOUTH OF BOULDER CREEK.? (LYDEN, 1948).
Comment (Economic Factors): AN AVERAGE ESTIMATE OF $12,000,000 IN GOLD PRODUCED FROM 1866 TO 1933 (OR 580,551 OZ) (FROM LYDEN, 1948). ?ESTIMATED GOLD PRODUCTION OF CONFEDERATE GULCH TO 1933? (MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM$) MONTANA BAR $1,000,000 $1,500,000 DIAMOND BAR AND NEIGHBORING TERRACES $1,000,000 $1,500,000 BOULDER BARS $100,000 $500,000 CEMENT GULCH $800,000 $4,000,000 MONTANA GULCH $600,000 $7,500,000 CONFEDERATE GULCH PROPER $2,500,000 $7,500,000
Comment (Deposit): Merged data from Deposit ID 10220846
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION OF INTERSECTION OF CONFEDERATE GULCH AND MONTANA GULCH
Comment (Production): MANY CLAIMS PRODUCED GOLD AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 5 TOZ PER RUNNING FT. MOST PLACER GOLD PRODUCED FROM 1864 TO 1870
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: COARSE GOLD
Comment (Workings): AREA INCLUDES CONFEDERATE GULCH PROPER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, INCLUDING MONTANA GULCH AND BLACK TAIL CREEK. ONE OF RICHEST AREAS WAS ON A TERRACE JUST BELOW MONTANA GULCH KNOWN AS MONTANA BAR
References
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 610, 283 P.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., AND SCHRADER, F. C., 1933, METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 842, 318 P.
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 610, 283 P.
Reference (Deposit): LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, P. 14-17.
Reference (Deposit): KROHN, D.H., AND WEIST, M.M., 1975, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION ON MONTANA MINES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 75, P.23.
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.
