The Dry Cottonwood Creek is a sapphire mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Sapphire
Lat, Long: 46.2428, -112.73280
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Dry Cottonwood Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Cottonwood Creek
Secondary: Dry Cotonwood Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Sapphire
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
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
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE MAS SEQ# 0300230100 "DRY COTTONWOOD CREEK PLACER" AND MAS SEQ# 0300230079 "DRY COTTONWOOD CREEK". THEY ARE IN THE SAME DRAINAGE AREA AN MAY BE PART OF THE SAME CLAIM AREA OWNED/ OPERATED BY AMERICAN GEM CORP.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRIB
Reference (Deposit): ALSO LOCATED IN SEC 29,33,34,35
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.
