Clark Fork Placer Mine

The Clark Fork Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Sanders 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

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Site Name

Primary: Clark Fork Placer Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Sanders

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): GOLD PRODUCED IN SMALL AMOUNTS IN 1915, 1916.

Comment (Deposit): IT IS BELIEVED THAT MUCH OF THE GOLD FOUND IN THE GRAVELS OF THE CLARK FORK RIVER ORIGINATED WITHIN THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF TROUT CREEK, BUT TESTING MAY PROVE THAT SOME HAS BEEN CARRIED IN FROM VERMILLION CREEK.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. LITERATURE PLACES THE OPERATION "AT OR JUST BELOW THE MOUTH OF TROUT CREEK."

References

Reference (Deposit): LYDEN, C. J., 1948 , THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , P. 136

Reference (Production): LYDEN, C. J., 1948 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , P. 136 .

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.