The Trout Creek Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 4,160 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,160 Feet (1,268 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.0197, -114.98220
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Trout Creek Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trout Creek Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer Au-PGE
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORK PREVIOUSLY DONE ALONG THESE CREEKS WAS PRINCIPALLY DONE BY SLUICING
Comment (Exploration): ACTIVITY HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT ALONG TROUT CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES SINCE THE PLACER DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED
Comment (General): ALTHOUGH PLACER GOLD HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE GRAVEL BARS OF TROUT CREEK ITSELF, WINDFALL CREEK-ONE OF TROUT CREEK'S TRIBUTARIES - IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF PLACER GOLD WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THE NEXT MOST PRODUCTIVE PLACERS ARE ON DEEP CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): GOLD RECOVERED FROM WINDFALL CREEK WAS EXCEPTIONALLY PURE. PLACERS WITHIN TROUT CREEK DISTRICT ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH NEARBY LODE DEPOSITS.
Comment (Deposit): The Deposit ID 10010239 of the same name, Trout Creek Placer Mine is located 62 mi. north in Sanders County just south of the town Trout Creek.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBM G MEM 31, 1949 P.77
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS ALSO IN SECS. 24, 25, 26, 34 TOWNSHIP 015N RANGE 02
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.
