The Housum Placer is a gold mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 3,881 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: 3,881 Feet (1,183 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.20861, -114.62333
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Housum Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Housum Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Nine Mile 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Reservation Divide
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG THE UPPER PORTION OF NINE MILE CREEK BETWEEN BURNT AND SOLDIER CREEKS.
Comment (Development): A DRAG LINE DREDGE WAS ASSEMBLED ON THE PLACER IN 1940 . IT OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1942 WHEN OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED DUE TO WWII. INTERMITTENT OPERATION WAS RESUMED IN 1946 BUT WAS NOT CONTINUED IN 1947 .
Comment (Deposit): GOLD BEARING GRAVELS OF NINE MILE CREEK ARE REPORTED TO BE EITHER GLACIAL TILL OR MORAINE.
Comment (Production): IN 1940 GRAVEL AVERAGED 23 CENTS PER CUBIC YD. OPERATIONS ON THE HOUSUM, JOSEPHINE CREEK AND MCCORMICK CREEK PLACERS IN 1941 RECOVERED A TOTAL OF 1696 FINE OZ AU.
References
Reference (Deposit): LYNDEN, C. J., 1948 , THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , PP. 106 - 107
Reference (Production): LYNDEN, C. J., 1948 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , PP. 106 - 107 .
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.
