The Rocker Placer is a gold mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Rocker Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rocker Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: British-Butte Mining Co.
Years: 1908 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: 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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN GRAVEL UNIFORMLY SMALL.
Comment (Workings): 5 CF RISDON ELECTRIC DREDGE WAS PUT IN GULCH, AND A SHAFT WITH BORE HOLE AT BOTTOM WAS PUT A FEW HUNDRED YDS NW OF DREDGE. SHAFT 670 FT DEEP, THE DRILL HOLE 500 FT. DID NOT REACH BEDROCK.
Comment (Location): WORK DONE IN GULCH AND IN LAKE BED.
References
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 26, P. 144.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 26, P. 139, 144
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.
