Basin and Quartz Creek Placers

The Basin and Quartz Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,938 feet.

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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: Basin and Quartz Creek Placers
Secondary: Basin Gulch
Secondary: Quartz Gulch
Secondary: Philipsburg Mining Distric

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Sapphire

Location

State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Rock Creek 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

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Margery Metesh
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1987

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Geology): SAPPHIRES WERE FOUND IN SLUICE BOXES WITH THE RECOVERY OF OF PLACER GOLD, BUT NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RECOVER THEM. QUARTZ GULCH AND BASIN GULCH CONVERGE INTO EUREKA GULCH WHICH FLOWS INTO ROCK CREEK. THE GULCHES WERE PATENTED FROM THEIR MOUTHS TO THEIR HEADWATERS, BUT 3 CLAIMS ON THE HEADWATER AREA OF QUARTZ CREEK WERE DEEDED BACK TO THE US FOREST SERVICE IN 1965.

References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPSBURG MAIL, FEB. 4, 1988.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 5-89, 1989, P. 17, 18.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPSBURG MAIL, FEB. 25, 1988.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA STANDARD, V. 112, NO. 274, FEB. 29, 1988, P. 8.

Reference (Deposit): THE WALLACE MINER, V. 87, NO. 10, MAR. 10, 1988, P. 4.

Reference (Deposit): MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 26, 1948, P. 34.

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.