Silver Bow Creek Placer

The Silver Bow Creek Placer 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

Name: Silver Bow Creek Placer  

State:  Montana

County:  Silver Bow

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 46.01306, -112.72639

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Silver Bow Creek Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Bow Creek Placer
Secondary: Clark Fork River


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE ON MILES CROSSING.

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION LESS THAN $1000000 AT 580 TO 700 FINE.

Comment (Geology): THE SOURCE OF THE GOLD IS FROM VEINS THAT ARE EXPOSED IN THE MISSOULA GULCH, VEINS WEST OF BUTTE AND ON BOTH SIDESOF THE VALLEY THAT THE CREEK FLOWS THROUGH.

Comment (Deposit): DUE TO RIGHT OF WAY OF 3 RAILROADS, COUNTY SANITARY DRAINAGE, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IT IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER THIS CR COULD BE DREDGED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 139, 143-4.

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

Reference (Production): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 143-4.


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.