The Eileen Marcia Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 4,239 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,239 Feet (1,292 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.17583, -114.47528
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Eileen Marcia Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eileen Marcia Placer Mine
Secondary: Eileen Marsha
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Nine Mile District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mickey And Earl Dotson
Home Office: 2837 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, Ca.
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): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE ALONG MCCORMICK CREEK.
Comment (Development): MINE ACTIVE IN 1950'S.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD BEARING GRAVELS OF NINE MILE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES ARE REPORTED TO BE EITHER GLACIAL TILL OR GLACIAL MORAINE. ALONG MCCORMICK CREEK GOLD IS CONCENTRATED WITHIN A FOOT OR SO OF BEDROCK AND IS ALL NUGGET GOLD.
References
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1960 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1959 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14 , P. 31 .
Reference (Deposit): LYNDEN, C. J., 1948 , THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , PP. 106 - 107 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-06-1961
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.
