Mine detail: Little Gold Creek Placer

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Location

Lat / long:

46.41322, -113.13369

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Tungsten, REE, Titanium, Metal, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Gold, Platinum, Wolframite
Gangue:	Ilmenite, Monazite, Zircon
Orebody form:	GRAVEL ACCUMULATION

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Gravel
Tectonic:	Rocky Mountains

References

MRDS	M045429
DEP	10038143
Reference	{Deposit:: LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, P. 35, 41.}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., AND CALKINS, F.C., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PHILIPSBURG QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S. GELOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 78, P. 264.}
Reporter	Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.