The Montana Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,398 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: 7,398 Feet (2,255 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.4339, -114.71420
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Montana Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montana Gulch Placer
Secondary: Golden Key
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: George Castle And Clayton Stewart, Ketchum, Id
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1984
Production
Not available
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL FOREST, IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA OPEN FILE
Reference (Deposit): MCHUGH AND OTHERS, 1989, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CHALLIS
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO.
Reference (Deposit): CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST, 1987, CASTLE, 2810 FILE, CHALLIS,
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, ID PAMPH NO. 83, P.29.
Reference (Deposit): REPORT, IN PREP.
Reference (Deposit): NO. 465, P. 219.
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3,
Reference (Deposit): US FOREST SERVICE; CHALLIS NAT. FOREST MINERAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, 9TH ANN REPT. MIN. IND. OF ID, FOR 1907, P. 75-76.
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