Bilk and Weasel Gulch Placer

The Bilk and Weasel Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Powell 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

Name: Bilk and Weasel Gulch Placer  

State:  Montana

County:  Powell

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 46.8175, -113.24639

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Bilk and Weasel Gulch Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bilk and Weasel Gulch Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Top O'Deep 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
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust

Type: L
Description: Garnet Stock


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Production): WAS EXHAUSTED BEFORE PRODUCTION EQUALED COST OF PLANT . LOWER COURSE OF BILK GULCH HAD SEVERAL NUGGETS, ONE WHICH WEIGHED 32 OZ AT $600.

Comment (Deposit): GRAVEL MINED ALONG LOWER BILK GULCH PRE 1917, WAS RICH, SEVERAL NUGGETS WERE FOUND, ONE WAS 32OZ. LARGE BOULDERS OF BROWN GARNET ROCK ARE ABUNDANT. WHEN BROKEN SOME OF THEM SHOW SMALL PARTICLES OF AU ASSOCIATED WITH CHRYSOCOLLA.

Comment (Workings): A PUMPING PLANT WAS INSTALLED ON WEASEL CR. PRE 1917

Comment (Location): UPPER TRIBUTARIES OF DOUGLAS CR LAT. LONG. CONJUCTION OF BILKS AND WEASEL GULCHES

Comment (Location): Political location in the record is Powell county. However, original lat/long plots in Granite county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-49-3N 113-14-47W (46.8175 -113.24639); UTM N E Z; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 012N, RNG 013W, Sect 03,04,05, Sect_fract . The original coordinates were changed to the intersection of Weasel Gulch and Bilk Gulch at NAD83 46.827155,-113.261182 in Powell county.


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 236-37

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 131, 132


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.