The Mc Farland's Placer is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Mc Farland's Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mc Farland's Placer
Secondary: Gold Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Rose Mountain (Gold Creek) 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
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1896
Discovery Year: 1897
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
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 790 FINE
Analytical Data: DIRT CARRIES $0.40/CY AU (1913)
Analytical Data: $16-17/OZ
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Deposit): LARGE BOULDERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): SLUICING AND BLASTING OF LARGE BOULDERS, 1939 A STATION WASHING PLANT WAS ERECTED.DRAG-LINE AND BULLDOZER.
Comment (Deposit): COARSE, NUGGETS WEIGHING MORE THAN 10 OZ. ONE NUGGET WAS 24 OZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 35, 40
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 263-4
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 23
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 978, P. 93-4.
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.
