Mine detail: Indian Creek Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.30546, -111.66586

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Discovery year:	1860

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1860

Geology

Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite Dikes;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics, Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite,Andesite
Structure:	El Dorado - Lombard Overthrust, Boulder Batholith, North-Trending Zone Of Stocks

References

MRDS	W014635
DEP	10071309
Reference	{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 610, 283 P.}{Deposit:: REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592, 58 P.}{Production:: USBM INF. CIRC. 7592}
Reporter	Krohn, Douglas H.