Tenmile Cr and Gould Placer

The Tenmile Cr and Gould Placer is a gold mine located in Lewis and Clark 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: Tenmile Cr and Gould Placer
Secondary: Monitor
Secondary: Tucker
Secondary: Minnehaha
Secondary: Bear and Try Again Creeks

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Rimini 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

Owner Name: Gould Placer (Try Again Cr)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ONE SIZE FINE $12/OZ, COURSER $16/OZ ($20.67/OZ AU)

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ON TRY AGAIN CREEK 1,000,000 CUBIC YARD OF RICH GRAVEL, 9 FT DEEP ON BEDROCK OF GRANITE

Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE FOR THE CONFLUENCE OF MINNEHAHA AND TENMILE CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Comment (Production): MOST PERSISTENT PRODUCERS ARE THE MONITOR, TUCKER, AND MINNEHAHA GULCHES.

Comment (Workings): GOULD PLACER ON TRY AGAIN CREEK HAD PUT IN EQUIPMENT FOR HYDRAULIC MINING (1925)

Comment (Geology): THE PLACER GROUND IS CONFINED TO THE UPPER REACHES OF TENMILE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 261.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 55, 57-8.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1151, P. 86, PL. 1.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 24.

Reference (Deposit): 5) USGS PP 610, P. 157-58.

Reference (Production): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 57

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.