The White Creek is a gold mine located in Broadwater county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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White Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Broadwater
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1865-1959
Mined: 3.000 mt
Material type: Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer, Au-PGE
Operation Type: Placer
Year First Production: 1865
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Year: 1865
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
Type: R
Structure: FOLDED AND FAULTED PRECAMBRIAN AND PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Quaternary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACERS IN THE UPPER PART OF WHITE CREEK AND JOHNNY GULCH. ALSO AVALANCHE CREEK AND MAGPIE GULCH.
Comment (Workings): PLACER MINING. DRIFT MINING BELOW THE MOUTH OF WHITE CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P.
Reference (Production): Yeend and Shawe, 1989
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.
