The Harris Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.38667, -112.05639
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Harris Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Harris Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan 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
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): PLACER CLAIMS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1860'S.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION SINCE EARLY DAYS.
Comment (Location): HARRIS CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM. 26, P. 83.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-17-1963
Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 26
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.
