Mine detail: Nine Mile Placer

Previously called 'Bay Chief'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.23458, -114.69818

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold

Production

Operation type: Placer
Deposit type: Placer Au-PGE
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:ALLUVIUM/GLACIAL TILL
Host type:Alluvium

References

MRDSW018118
MAS300630021
DEP10124504
Reference{Deposit:: MBM G IC 20, 1957 P.39}{Deposit:: SAHINEN, U.M., 1957, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN NO. 8, 63 P.}{Deposit:: LYDEN, C.J., 1948, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26}{Deposit:: LYDEN, C.J., 1987, THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPRINT 6, P. 70-72.}{Deposit:: LANGE, I.M., AND GIGNOUX, TOM, 1999, DISTRIBUTION, CHARACTERISTICS, AND GENESIS OF HIGH FINENESS GOLD PLACERS, NINEMILE VALLEY, CENTRAL-WESTERN MONTANA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS, V. 94, NO. 3, P. 375-386.}{Deposit:: WALL, BARRIE, 1983, TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN PLACER GOLD AS AN INDICATION OF GOLD SOURCE IN THE PRICHARD FORMATION, BELT SUPERGROUP, MONTANA: IN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS 1983, 79TH ANNUAL MEETING CORDILLERAN SECTION, P. 400}
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