Mine detail: Lower Gold Creek Placer

Previously called 'China Bar Placer'

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Location: Powell County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.58322, -112.90785
dep_id: 10019782
mrds_id: DC11480
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: Unknown, Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
Structure: Royal Stock
Year first produced: 1860
disc_yr: 1852
discr: Francois Finlay
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 978, P. 69, 73, 75-77, 91, 93.
  • Deposit:: MBMG MEM NO 26, P. 118-120, 122.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 78, P. 263-4.
  • Deposit:: MBMG MEM NO 5, P. 27.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 610, P. 168-69.
  • Production:: MBMG MEM 26. USGS BULL 978.
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