The Hughes Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Ravalli county, Montana at an elevation of 5,761 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: 5,761 Feet (1,756 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.61472, -114.14000
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Hughes Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hughes Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Montana
County: Ravalli
District: Overwich - Hughes 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Strike Of Precambrian Metasedimentary Rocks In Area
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): PLACER MINING FOR APPROX. 3 MILES ALONG HUGHES CREEK LOCATION IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF AREA
Comment (Production): $250,000 WORTH OF GOLD WAS RECOVERED FROM 1904 TO 1952 . NO FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR YEARS BEFORE 1904 , PRODUCTION SINCE 1952 IS SMALL.
Comment (Development): DISCOVERY PRIOR TO 1870 PROBABLY IN LATE 1860'S
Comment (Deposit): A SMALL AMOUNT OF PLACER MINING HAS BEEN DONE INTERMITTANTLY IN RECENT YEARS
Comment (Workings): LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FOR AREA OF DREDGED GRAVEL - SOME GOLD WAS RECOVERED FROM HIGH LEVEL PLACERS AND GULCHES OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA
Comment (Deposit): THE SOURCE OF GOLD MAY BE QUARTZ VEINS IN QUARTZITE OR GOLD MAY BE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE NOW ENTIRELY OUT OF PRESENT HUGHES CREEK DRAINAGE
References
Reference (Production): SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA, RAVALLI COUNTIES
Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 8 , P. 51 , 5
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.
