The Ballard Hill, French Gulch, Job's Point Placers is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Ballard Hill, French Gulch, Job's Point Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ballard Hill, French Gulch, Job's Point Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Pioneer (Gold Creek) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Year First Production: 1875
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 FOR MOUTH OF FRENCH GULCH. BALLARD MINE IS ON THE N SLOPE OF BALLARD HILL, JOBS POINT IS NEAR THE MOUTH OF FRENCH GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)
Comment (Production): MORE THAN $100,000 AU WAS WASHED FROM THE GRAVELS OF BALLARD MINE, FRENCH GULCH AND JOBS POINT
Comment (Deposit): GRAVEL IS THICKEST AT BALLARD MINE, MUCH THINNER ON JOBS POINT. IT CONTAINS SOME BOULDERS OF 2 FT OR MORE.
Comment (Workings): SLUICING
Comment (Geology): BALLARD MINE IS A REMNANT OF A TERRACE DEPOSIT CONCENTRATED FROM EARLIER GLACIAL DRIFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 978, P. 75, 91
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 978, P. 91.
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.
