Description
Edward Alfield And Others
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueChalcopyrite, Sylvanite
Geology
Host rockAlluvium
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Boulder Batholith;Volcanics
StructureBoulder Batholith, Tertiary Volcanics
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1865
Discovery year1864
Identification
Deposit ID10078301
MRDS IDW026570
Alternate namesSiberia Placers
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.96767, -112.84146
References
DINGMAN, O. A., 1932 , PLACER MINING POSSIBILITIES IN MONTANA, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR NO. 5 P. 28LYDEN, C. J., 1948 , THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 26 , P. 142 , 143USGS BULL 574, P. 102-103.WINCHELL, 1914