Mine detail: Hughes Creek Placers

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Location: Ravalli County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.61461, -114.14093
dep_id: 10078297
mrds_id: W026562
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR BLANKET
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Fluvial
ore_ctrl: Stream Bed, Present And Former
Reporter: Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.)
hrock_type: Gravel
Structure: Nw Strike Of Precambrian Metasedimentary Rocks In Area
tectonic: East Of Idaho Batholith
Year first produced: 1870
References:
  • Deposit:: SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 8 , P. 51 , 5
  • Production:: SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA, RAVALLI COUNTIES
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