Petty Creek Placers

The Petty Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 3,501 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Petty Creek Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Petty Creek

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): Original political location in the record was Ravalli county. However, the lat/long and PLSS, plot in Missoula county. The site name indicates a location on Petty Creek, which agrees with the lat/long, PLSS, and Missoula county. The location description 7 MILE SOUTH OF LOTHROP also agrees. So the county name was changed to Missoula. The PLSS range was changed from 0234 to 023W.

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE ALONG PETTY CREEK

References

Reference (Location): Original political location in the record was Ravalli county. However, the lat/long and PLSS, plot in Missoula county. The site name indicates a location on Petty Creek, which agrees with the lat/long, PLSS and Missoula county. The location description 7 MILE SOUTH OF LOTHROP also agrees. So the county name was changed to Missoula. The PLSS range was changed from 0234 to 023W.

Reference (Deposit): LYDEN, C. J., 1948 , GOLD PLACERS IN MONTANA, MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 26 , P. 109 .

Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 8 , P. 11 , 12 , 13 .

Reference (Deposit): 1948 COMPILE MBMG, MEM 26

Reference (Deposit): 1957 COMPILE MBMG, BULL 8

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.