The Miles City is a gold and platinum mine located in Custer county, Montana at an elevation of 2,359 feet.
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
Elevation: 2,359 Feet (719 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Platinum
Lat, Long: 46.41778, -105.86194
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Miles City MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Miles City
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Location
State: Montana
County: Custer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: GRAVEL ACCUMULATIONS
Structure
Not available
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): CADASTRAL COORDINATES ARE ESTIMATED ON THE BASIS OF ESTIMATED LOCATION
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM
Comment (Development): PROBABLY LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): KEMP SIMPLY SAYS PT HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM NEAR MILES CITY. DAY AND RICHARDS DO NOT SHOW PT IN THEIR ANALYSES OF BLACK SANDS FROM THE AREA AND MILES CITY IS NOT MENTIONED IN LYDEN. M.L. ZIENTEK (ORAL COMMUN., 1991) INDICATES THE OCCURRENCE IS POSSIBLY A PLACER
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE
References
Reference (Deposit): KEMP, J.F., 1902, THE GEOLOGIC RELATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM AND ASSOCIATED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 193, P. 57.
Reference (Deposit): LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, 152 P.
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1202-1203.
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.
