The Pikes Peak Cr Placer is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Pikes Peak Cr Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pikes Peak Cr Placer
Secondary: Batterton
Secondary: Pilgram
Secondary: Treadwater
Secondary: And Wilson Bars
Secondary: And Woods Flat
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Pioneer (Gold Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1862
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Royal Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU FROM BATTERTON BAR WAS VALUED AT 17.75/OZ, AU FROM WOODS FLAT WAS VALUED AT $18.60/OZ (PRE 1900'S)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 1868-69 CONRAD KOHRS AND OTHERS DUG THE ROCK CR DITCH. IT WAS 16 MI LONG AND DELIVERED WATER AT A POINT ON GOLD HILL ABOVE NEARLY ALL THE TERRACES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): WILSON BAR WEST SIDE OF PIKES PEAK CR. FROM THE MOUTH OF PIKES PEAK UP STREAM 0.7 KM; NEXT IS WOODS FLAT NORTH OF DRY GULCH; TREADWATER BAR WEST OF PIKES PEAK CR AND EAST OF NORTON GULCH; PILGRAM BAR IS JUST UPSTREAM FROM TREAD WATER BAR; BATTERTON BAR IS SOUTH EXTENTION OF PILGRAM BAR.
Comment (Production): PRE 1900'S, $140000 IN A SINGLE SEASON FROM ON TERRACES ON BATTERTON BAR.
Comment (Development): 1934 DREDGE MINING BEGAN ON PIKES PEAK CR.
Comment (Deposit): TERRACES 5-6 FT THICK, BED ROCK IS TERT. LAKE BEDS.
Comment (Workings): SLUICE AND DREDGE, PITS, 1871 3 HYDRAULIC GIANTS WERE ON WILSON BAR.
Comment (Geology): BATTERTON BAR GRAVEL IS ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR COBBLES AND BOULDERS OF QUARTZITE AND HORNSTONE. IN LOWER TERRACES THE GRAVEL BECOMES SUCCESSIVELY FINER, AND GRANITE IS MORE PLENTIFUL.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NEAR CONFLUENCE OF PIKES PEAK CREEK AND DRY GULCH UPPER 4-6 FT IS LIGHT GRAVEL AU, $0.40/CY. LOWER 8 FT IS HEAVY GRAVEL AU, $0.50-.60/CY. BETWEEN THESE GRAVEL BEDS IS 4 FT OF CLAY THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BREAK DOWN BY WASHING.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 978, P. 73-75, 87-88.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 26, P. 122.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 5, P. 27
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 978, P. 87-8
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.
