The Bear Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.0114, -112.47780
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Bear Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): The reference needs to be checked for this location. Original county name was Jefferson. However, lat/long plots 2.6 km inside adjacent Silver Bow county. PLSS and UTM coordinates agree with this location. The location is amidst the Butte mine tailings. No nearby Bear Gulch feature found in geonames. Bear Gulch exists much farther north in Jefferson county but there is little mining activity in the area and the nearest mines use a different reference. Another Bear Gulch is found to the south in Madison county and several records have the name Bear Gulch Placer but these records also use a different reference. So county name was changed to SIlver Bow but the reference should be checked.
References
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 100
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.
