Bear Creek Placers

The Bear Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 3,999 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

Name: Bear Creek Placers  

State:  Montana

County:  Granite

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 46.71667, -113.32833

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Bear Creek Placers MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bear Creek Placers


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Garnet (First Chance) District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: Valley Mining Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1865
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: Garnet Range


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust

Type: L
Description: Deep Creek Anticline, Garnet Stock


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PARDEE ESTIMATED THE GROUND MINED UP TO 1917 AV. $30/CY IN AU, WITH PATCHES GOING AS HIGH AS $100/CY AU.


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): EARLL REPORTS ADDITIONAL GOLD MAY BE EXPECTED TO BE FOUND IN PAY GRAVEL OF IRREGULAR OCCURRENCE

Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE ON TAILING AT THE MOUTH OF BEAR CREEK.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED ABOUT $7,000,000 IN AU BY 1916 AND ABOUT ANOTHER $3,000,000 FROM 1916 TO 1950. ASSUMING $7 MILLION AT $20/TOZ AND $3 MILLION AT $35/TOZ GIVES A TOTAL PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 430,000 TOZ AU

Comment (Workings): CONNECTED-BUCKET DREDGE, WORK DONE LOWER BEAR CREEK

Comment (Deposit): FELAN, TENMILE, CHICKEN RUN, AND KEARNS CREEKS, FIRST CHANCE, DEEP CREEK AND CAYUSE GULCHES HAVE BEEN MINED BY DREDGING, HYDRAULIC GIANTS, GROUND SLUICING, DRIFT MINING


References

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 23.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 39, P. 26.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P.231-35.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 35, 37, 38

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 610, P. 151


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.