Hillside Placer Mine

The Hillside Placer Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,181 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: Hillside Placer Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Beaverhead

Elevation: 6,181 Feet (1,884 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper

Lat, Long: 45.15194, -112.98528

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Satelite image of the Hillside Placer Mine

Hillside Placer Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hillside Placer Mine
Secondary: Thompson Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Bannack District


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Pioneer Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: North Trending, West Diping Thrust Faults, Complex Folding And Faulting, Igneous Intrusion


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 79-1426.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-433.


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.