The Bear Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.71667, -113.32833
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Bear Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Garnet (First Chance) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Valley Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Deep Creek Anticline, Garnet Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PARDEE ESTIMATED THE GROUND MINED UP TO 1917 AV. $30/CY IN AU, WITH PATCHES GOING AS HIGH AS $100/CY AU.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EARLL REPORTS ADDITIONAL GOLD MAY BE EXPECTED TO BE FOUND IN PAY GRAVEL OF IRREGULAR OCCURRENCE
Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE ON TAILING AT THE MOUTH OF BEAR CREEK.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED ABOUT $7,000,000 IN AU BY 1916 AND ABOUT ANOTHER $3,000,000 FROM 1916 TO 1950. ASSUMING $7 MILLION AT $20/TOZ AND $3 MILLION AT $35/TOZ GIVES A TOTAL PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 430,000 TOZ AU
Comment (Workings): CONNECTED-BUCKET DREDGE, WORK DONE LOWER BEAR CREEK
Comment (Deposit): FELAN, TENMILE, CHICKEN RUN, AND KEARNS CREEKS, FIRST CHANCE, DEEP CREEK AND CAYUSE GULCHES HAVE BEEN MINED BY DREDGING, HYDRAULIC GIANTS, GROUND SLUICING, DRIFT MINING
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 23.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 39, P. 26.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P.231-35.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 35, 37, 38
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 610, P. 151
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.
