Camp Verde Placer Mining Claim

The Camp Verde Placer Mining Claim is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Camp Verde Placer Mining Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Pioneer (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

Owner Name: Clarence H. Pierce And Sophie Pierce

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES FROM NO. 1 OPEN CUT - FIVE GOOD COLORS APPROXIMATELY WORTH 30 CENTS.

Comment (Location): U.T.M. COORDINATES APPROXIMATED NEAR THE HEAD OF PIKES PEAK CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Comment (Workings): ON CLAIM NO. 1 OPEN CUT - 5 FT BY 15 FT BY 20 FT; NO. 2 OPEN CUT - 4 FT BY 5 FT BY 15 FT; NO. 3 SHAFT - 4 FT BY 4 FT BY 10 FT CAVED IN; NO. 4 PROSPECT CUT - 2 FT BY 2 FT BY 3 FT CAVED IN; CABIN AND SHED ARE ON THE CLAIM ALSO. AS OF 1950 7 TOTAL CUTS FOUND ON CLAIM.

Comment (Geology): GLACIAL DRIFT CAN BE FOUND IN AREA

References

Reference (Deposit): 1950 DIREXPL JOINT - USFS AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Reference (Deposit): FS FILES

Reference (Deposit): 1948 DIREXPL USFS

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.