The Pineau Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Pineau Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pineau Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Rose Mountain (Gold Creek) District
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: 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
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Royal Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE ON CENTER OF PINEAU MINE ON PIKES PEAK QUAD
Comment (Development): 1956 PINEAU PLACER SEC. 11, T08N, R12W, WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY MACINTOSH MASTERS MINING CO., GOLDCREEK, MONT.; 1978 IN SEC. 12, T08N, R12W, WAS OWNED BY ANDREW MALCOLM, DEER LODGE, MONT.
Comment (Deposit): UPPER LAYER OF LATE GLACIAL DRIFT AND A LOWER LAYER OF INTERMEDIATE GLACIAL DRIFT. A LAYER OF RUSTY GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL OF 1-12FT THICK IS IN A DISCONTINUOUS LAYER BENEATH INTERMEDIATE GLACIAL DRIFT. VERY COARSE AU, ONE NUGGET WEIGHED 27OZ.
Comment (Workings): IN 1935 A 70000 CY PIT WAS DUG.
Comment (Geology): AU WAS PRIMARILY ERODED FROM ROSE MOUNTAIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 978, P. 93-4.
Reference (Deposit): USFS MAP, DEER LODGE N. FOREST, 1953.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 10, P. 23.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 109, P. 55
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.
