The Deer Creek Mine is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Deer Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deer Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bierman Brothers
Home Office: Helmville, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
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: L
Description: Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN BETWEEN ARGILLITE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE AVERAGED 1 OZ/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1968
Comment (Development): IN 1890'S BILLY FRAN, WALTER WOODS AND BILL BUCHANAN OWNED AND OPERATED IT. THE ORE BEARING ROCK WAS MILLED IN AN ARASTA LOCATED ON CHICKEN CREEK, AND GOLD WAS COLLECTED BY AMALGAMATION. 1906 MR. HANSMIER ERECTED A 5-STAMP MILL ON CHICKEN CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): HIGH GRADE ORE NEAR THE SURFACE IN THE VEIN. ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND THE ARGILLITE THE VEIN AVERAGED 10 IN WIDE.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, 3 DRIFTS (CAVED); TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN IN FROM CHICKEN CREEK IT WAS 3000 FT LONG BUT DIDN'T INTERSECT THE QUARTZ MONZONITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): STOUT, KOEHLER, 1949 MS THESIS, MT COL SCI MIN AND TECH
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.
