Mine detail: Prickly Pear Creek Placer

Previously called 'Golconda Creek Placer'

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Location: Jefferson County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.38879, -112.02588
dep_id: 10011770
mrds_id: D006891
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
conc_proc: Gravity Concentration
Reporter: Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_type: Gravel
Structure: Boulder Batholith
disc_yr: 1865
References:
  • Deposit:: MBMG MEM 26, P. 42-44.
  • Deposit:: MBMG MEM 5, P. 24.
  • Deposit:: MBMG MEM 31, P. 46.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 227, 228.
  • Deposit:: 5) USGS PROF PAPER 428, P. 52.
  • Deposit:: 6) USGS PROF PAPER 610, P. 153.
  • Production:: MBMG MEM 26, P. 44.
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