Brown's Gulch

The Brown's Gulch is a gold mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Brown's Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District

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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): LAT. LONG. FOR MOUTH OF BROWNS GULCH, PLACER ACTIVITY EXTENDS UP BROWN'S GULCH AND ALL OF ITS TRIBUTARIES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Comment (Production): HAVE BEEN WORKED FOR PLACER - AU BUT NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION

Comment (Workings): ORO FINO WAS DREDGED BEFORE 1930.

Comment (Deposit): ALL OF THE TRIBUTARIES WERE MINED; ORO FINO GULCH, BULL RUN CR, HAIL COLUMBIA, SHEEP, BUTCHER, ALASKA, AMERICAN, FLUME, TELEGRAPH AND MEADOW GULCH. THEY ARE ALL INTERMITTENT SO AN ADEQUATE SOURCE OF WATER IS NEEDED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 26, P. 139, 145.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 5, P. 28.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 610, P. 170.

Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 26, P. 145.

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.