Mine detail: Warm Springs Gulch Placer

Previously called 'Warm Springs Creek Placer'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.45046, -111.98616

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Platinum
Ore:	Gold, Sperrylite
Orebody form:	GRAVEL ACCUMULATIONS
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1904

Geology

Host type:	Gravel
Tectonic:	In Rocky Mountains

References

MRDS	M046539
DEP	10039024
Reference	{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1907, MONTANA, LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, PLATINUM: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 84, AUG. 24, P. 375.}{Deposit:: LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26, P. 43, 45.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.