The Willow Placer is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.23278, -113.22222
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Willow Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willow Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Red Lion-Hidden Lake 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: Mc Intyre, William
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: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Cable Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY REPORT: AU - 7.88 MILLIGRAMS PER CUBIC YARD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLE - 2 PANS FROM BROWN STREAK IN BOTTOM OF LOCATION WORK
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED CLAIM LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Workings): ON THE CLAIM - LOG CABIN 20 FT BY 30 FT; CUT - 4 BY 15 BY 4 1/2 FOLLOWED BY 15 FT OF TRENCH OF ABOUT THE SAME WIDTH AND DEPTH; ANOTHER CUT 5 BY 15 BY 6 FARTHER DOWNSTREAM.
Comment (Deposit): THE EXAMINATION ON THIS CLAIM WAS DONE WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE MICKEY PLACER - THAT CLAIM WAS INVALID THUS THIS REPORT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1938 DIREXPL USF
Reference (Deposit): FS FILES
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.
