The Montana Placer is a gold mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,221 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: 7,221 Feet (2,201 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.04056, -108.13167
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Montana Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montana Placer
Secondary: Patented Claims: Montana Placer, MS 4574
Secondary: Idaho Placer, MS 4574
Secondary: Dump Placer, MS 4574
Secondary: Old Channel Placer, MS 4574
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Lower San Miguel District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns
Type: L
Description: Placerville Anticline, Black King Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1700'S
Comment (Deposit): PLACER DEPOSIT LIES IN PROBABLE TERRACE GRAVEL REMNANT ABOUT 200 FT ABOVE PRESENT RIVER LEVEL.
Comment (Names): IN 1954 MOST OF THE MINING CLAIMS WERE CONSOLIDATED AND MANY RECEIVED NEW NAMES. REDMON (1961) LISTS THESE NEW NAMES AND LOCATIONS.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE
Comment (Development): THE EARLY SPANISH SETTLERS WERE THE FIRST MINERS IN THE AREA. THE MODERN EPOCH OF MINING DATES FROM ABOUT 1870.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF INCLINES, STOPES, AND NUMEROUS SURFACE OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, AND PITS.
Comment (Location): CLAIMS LIE ALONG SAN MIGUEL RIVER BETWEEN SPECIE CREEK AND SALTADO CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROBABLE PLACER CUT ON SW SIDE OF RIVER IN NW NE SEC. 25 (FROM AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Workings): HILLSIDE CUT
Comment (Production): BINGLER (1968) ALSO GIVES ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FOR BISMUTITE, COLUMBITE AND MONAZITE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE NORTH CRIBBENVILLE SHAFT. THE NORTH CRIBBENVILLE IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE CRIBBENVILLE GROUP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 172-184.
Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 4574
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