The Douglas Creek is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Douglas Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Douglas Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Phillipsburg
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: 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
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Orebody
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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 (Environmental Factors): THERE WAS NO WASTE ROCK OBSERVED AT THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. NO ADIT DISCHARGES, FILLED SHAFTS, SPRINGS, OR SEEPS WERE OBSERVED. THE SITE WAS SITUATED DIRECTLY IN THE INTERMITTENT DOUGLAS CREEK DRAINAGE; SURFACE WATER WAS FLOWING THROUGH AND UNDER THE TALINGS PILES AT THE TIME OF THIS INVESTIGATION. THREE SURFACE WATER SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED FROM DOUGLAS CREEK (UPSTREAM, CENTER OF SITE, AND DOWNSTREAM). OBSERVED RELEASES TO DOUGLAS CREEK WERE DOCUMENT FOR ARSENIC WAS EXCEEDED AND WAS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SITE. OBSERVED RELEASES FOR ARSENIC, MANGANESE, AND NICKEL WERE ALSO DOCUMENTED IN THE STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLES. THE UPSTREAM SEDIMENT MERCURY CONCENTRATION WAS SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED AT 22.5 MG/KG. ONE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ADIT OPENING WAS IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILE ABOVE THIS SITE. BOTH TAILINGS IMPOUNDMENTS HAD UNSTABLE SLOPES DOWN TO THE STREAM, AND BOTH TAILINGS DAMS HAD BEEN BREACHED.
References
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPT. OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-71.
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.
