Snowshoe Creek Placer

The Snowshoe Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana.

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

Name: Snowshoe Creek Placer  

State:  Montana

County:  Powell

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 46.60083, -112.53333

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Snowshoe Creek Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Snowshoe Creek Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Ophir 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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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: R
Description: Boulder Batholith


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Production): ONE NUGGET VALUED $3280 AT $20.67/OZ IN DEADWOOD GULCH A BRANCH OF SNOWSHOE CR. WAS FOUND.

Comment (Location): PLACER MINING BEGINS AS CR ENTERS MOUNTAINOUS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Comment (Deposit): BENCH AND CREEK PLACERS

Comment (Workings): DRIFTING, SLUICING, AND HYDRAULIC GIANTS

Comment (Deposit): 1911 GRAVELS AT MOUTH WERE TESTED FOR DREDGING. SO FAR IT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Production): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 126.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 610, P. 168.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 29-31.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 119, 126-7.


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.