MBMG SP28 Table 5 - Montana Gold Districts

TABLE 5. MONTANA GOLD DISTRICTS

Arranged alphabetically by county

**BEAVERHEAD COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
1	Bannock	1862	1860's	132,000 (10,800 since 1903)	essentially dormant	Most prod. from Grasshopper Cr. First significant ore discovery in MT	1862	pre-1903	Chiefly irreg. replacement deposits in Madison limestone near granodiorite contact	108,140	small activity	First lode disc. in MT. 35,571 oz since 1903	Shenon (1931, pp. 39-40)
2	Argenta	early 1860's	1870's	minor	inactive		1865	1926-42	In andesite sill and at contact with Devonian shale	65,350	small intermittent production	First discovery was of lead-silver ore. Lode gold disc. in 1880. Chief gold prod. from Ermont mine, disc. in 1926. Prod. unknown prior to 1904.	Shenon (1931); Myers (1952, pp. 27-30)
3	Bryant (Hecla)					Placers unimportant	1873	1873-1904, 1934-49	Replacement deposits in Cambrian limestone; veins in quartz monzonite and along dikes	17,400	Little activity since 1949	Gold is byproduct of silver-lead mining. 11,700 oz prior to 1913.	Winchell (1914, pp. 80-86); Karlstrom (1948)

**BROADWATER COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
4	Confederate Gulch (Backer)	1864	1864-69	550,000 to 600,000	inactive	Prod. declined rapidly after 1869; placers very rich.	prob. 1860's	1908-42, 1946-52	Gold quartz veins in quartz diorite or in bedding planes in Precambrian shale	9,300 minimum; pre-1908 prod. unknown	dormant since 1952	Nearly continuous prod. from 1908 to 1952 except for World War II.	Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 139-144; 162-163; 171).
5	White Creek	1865	1865-85	67,700 to 92,000	nearly inactive since 1904							Small amounts of copper from lode mines but almost no gold.	Lyden (1948, pp. 18 and 74).
6	Winston (Beaver Creek)	1866	early years	12,000	no recorded activity after 1915		1867	1908-18, 1926-53	Quartz sulfide veins in quartz monzonite and andesite	106,000 minimum	small production of lead, siver, and zinc		Pardee & Schrader (1933, p. 214); Lyden (1948, p. 19).
7	Park (Hassel, Indian Cr.)	1860	1870's, 1911-15, 1933-43, 1945-49	43,000	little activity since1949	Most of gold produced from 1940 to 1942.	early 1860's	prior to 1908, 1934-43	Quartz veins in andesite near quartz monzonite intrusion	36,000	Intermittent operations continue	Intermittent operations since discovery	Stone (1911, p. 87-91).
8	Radersburg (cedar Plains, Cow Creek)	1866	1866-1904	25,000 to 49,000	dormant	Only 850 oz prod. since 1904.	1866	1866-78, 1908-43	Gold veins in andesite flows; base metal—silver veins in sedimentary rocks along contacts between sedimentary and intrusive rocks	279,400	Only small, intermittent operations since 1943	Largest producer of lode gold in county. Nearly continuous prod.to 1943.	Winchell (1914, pp. 173 and 182).

**CASCADE COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
9	Niehart (Montana)					placers unimportant	1881	Gold prod. nearly continuous through 1952; sharp decline after 1949.	Veins in Precambrian gneiss and diorite and along contact with Tertiary intrusives; low-grade disseminated deposits in Tertiary intrusives.	67,000	essentially dormant	In Little Belt Mountains. Gold mostly byproduct from silver-rich base metal ores. Gold important only in Snow Creek area.	Weed (1900, p. 404); Schafer (1935, p. 15).

**DEER LODGE COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
10	French Creek	1864	1864-69	Uncertain; 48,000 to several times this amount	Prod. since 1905 intermittent and small.							Lode production insignificant	Lyden (1948, p. 24)
11	Georgetown	1866?	1870's	Significant but unknown production	Dormant	Only trivial prod. recorded since 1931.	1866	Before 1932	Gold-copper in contact metamorphic deposits. Gold replacement veins in sedimentary rocks. Gold veins in granite.	300,000 since 1904; minimum total, 460,000 incl. placers.	Little activity since 1952.	Most of production from Cable and Southern Cross mines. Fluctuating but nearly continuous production to 1952 except for 1943-48.	Emmons & Calkins (1913, pp. 221-264)

FERGUS COUNTY

PLACERS
LODES

No. District Disc. Main activity Est. total prod. (oz of gold) Status in 1962 Remarks Disc. Main activity Manner of occurrence Est. total prod. (oz of gold) Status in 1962 Remarks References

12 Warm Springs (Maiden-Gilt Edge) 1879 not known, but prob. small-scale production only Less than 100 oz since 1904 Soon after placers 1901-21 Replacements in limestone near intrusive contacts. Gold, sylvanite, sulfides in chalcedonic quartz and fluorite. 200,000 to 210,000 incl. placers Prod. since 1932 small and intermittent In Judith Mts. 150,000 oz recovered since 1900. Weed & Pirsson (1898, p. 457); Corry (1933, pp. 36-40)

13 North Moccasin (Kendall) Placers unimportant 1893 1900-22, 1936-42 Ore mostly in bituminous and argillaceous layers near top of Madison Limestone 425,000 to 450,000 Onlu desultory operations since 1942. In North Moccasin Mts. Blixt (1933, pp. 5 and 21)

**FERGUS COUNTY**
		PLACERS	LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
12	Warm Springs (Maiden-Gilt Edge)	1879		not known, but prob. small-scale production only		Less than 100 oz since 1904	Soon after placers	1901-21	Replacements in limestone near intrusive contacts. Gold, sylvanite, sulfides in chalcedonic quartz and fluorite.	200,000 to 210,000 incl. placers	Prod. since 1932 small and intermittent	In Judith Mts. 150,000 oz recovered since 1900.	Weed & Pirsson (1898, p. 457); Corry (1933, pp. 36-40)
13	North Moccasin (Kendall)					Placers unimportant	1893	1900-22, 1936-42	Ore mostly in bituminous and argillaceous layers near top of Madison Limestone	425,000 to 450,000	Onlu desultory operations since 1942.	In North Moccasin Mts.	Blixt (1933, pp. 5 and 21)

**GRANITE COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
14	First Chance (Garnet)	1865	Early years; 1939-42	260,000 to 355,000	Small-scale activity (1960)	Most of gold recovered in first few years	1867	1896-1903	Pyritic gold-copper veins in granodiorite and adjacent quartzite schist.	85,000 to 90,000	Essentially inactive since 1951	Continuous but fluctuating production maintained through 1942.	Pardee (1918a, pp. 159-195; 231-232)
15	Henderson Creek	1866	1866-1913, 1939-54	80,500	inactive	Scheelite recovered with gold during last years of operation	Following placer discoveries	1932-42	Veins on Henderson and Sunrise Mtns.	1,300	inactive	Lode prod. unimportant.	Emmons & Calkins (1913, p. 263); Lyden (1948, p. 39)
16	Boulder Creek	1885	1909-10	less than 1,500	essentially inactive	Intermittent operation through 1942	1885	1885-1906, 1932-43	Gold veins with silver in granite, Precambrian and Paleozoic siliceous rocks; a few replacement veins in Paleozoic limestone	57,000	small production reported in 1960.	Royal mine chief producer. Only minor prod. since 1943.	Lyden (1948, p. 40-41); Emmons & Calkins (1913, pp. 246-250)
17	Flint Creek (Philipsburg)	?	1904-5, 1914-15	minor	inactive	Mining attempted sporadically along Flint Creek, generally unprofitably	1864	1875-92, 1898-1904, 1951-60	Most deposits occur as replacements in limestone and in veins cutting across Philipsburg anticline, but most productive mine is in granite.	260,000	Manganese prod. continues at reduced rate since 1958. Small base metal production.	Gold recovered as byproduct from mining of silver-base metal ores. Manganese mining important since 1951. 60% of gold produced from granite-bimetallic mine.	Lyden (1948, pp. 38-39); Emmons & Calkins (1913)

**JEFFERSON COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
18	Clancy, Wickes, Colorado (incl. Warm Springs and Clancy Creeks and Lump Gulch)	1865	1933-42, 1946-48	100,500	2 small placers active in 1960 on Clancy Creek	Dredging in Lump Gulch produced 93,760 oz, 1923-48	1864	pre-1893	Veins in quartz monzonite and volcanic rocks. Gold chiefly byproduct of silver-lead mining.	258,000		Nearly continuous prod. but sharply reduced since 1950. Chief gold prod. from Wickes area.	Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 185-186; 223-227); Lyden (1948, pp. 42-47); Knopf (1913, pp. 107-119); Sahinen (1959, p. 135)
19	Basin & Boulder (incl. Basin, Cataract, and Lowland Creeks and upper Boulder River)	?	1932-41	12,000	In 1960, one hand placer reported working on Cataract Creek	8,471 oz recovered from Lowland Creek, 1938-41	before 1870	1905-08, 1916-20, 1924-26, 1935-41	In veins of two ages in quartz monzonite. Older base-metal veins. Younger gold-silver veins.	176,200	Minor activity since 1954	Gold recovered partly as byproduct of silver and base-meltal mining.	Lyden (1948, pp. 48-50); Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 287-299); Knopf (1913, pp. 121-128)
20	Elkhorn	?	1940	700	Inactive		before 1870		Ore in contact metamorphic deposits (Dolcoath mine); auriferous silver-lead replacement deposits (Elkhorn mine); sulfides in augite gangue (Golden Curry mine)	79,800	Only small prod. since 1952	On eastern margin of Boulder Batholith. Gold is byproduct of silver-lead mining.	Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 299-300); Knopf (1913, pp. 128-139); Klepper and others (1957, pp. 67-72)
21	Whitehall (Cardwell)			less than 150		Placers unimportant	1896	1933-49	Quartz veins with pyrite, galena, and sphalerite in Belt series rocks and quartz porphyry	100,000	No prod. reported since 1957	In south end of Bull Mtn. range. 75% of prod. from Golden Sunlight mine	Winchell (1914, pp. 97-99); Roby and others (1960)

**LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
22	Rimini (Vaughn)-Tenmile	1864		4,275			1864	pre-1907	Auriferous lead-zinc veins in Cretaceous volcanics and quartz monzonite. Low-grade disseminated deposits in Tertiary rhyolite.	194,000	minor activity since 1957	Has also produced silver and lead.	Knopf (1913, pp. 80-85)
23	Helena-Last Chance	1864	first few years; 1935-50	940,000 minimum	minor since 1950	Richest ground mined out by 1900	1864	First few years; 1934-40	Districts on north contact of Boulder batholith. Ore occurs as disseminated deposits in intrusive rocks, veins in sediments and intrusives, contact metamorphic deposits and replacements in carbonate rocks.	345,000 minimum	minor activity since 1940	Most production before 1900. Intermittent operations, 1900-34.	Lyden (1948, pp. 56-57); Knopf (1913, pp. 85-102)
24	Missouri River-York (Trout Creek)	1864	Early years; 1909-13, 1934-44	265,000	no production reported since 1950		pre-1870	Early years; 1895-1900	Small quartz veins and replacements in quartz diorite dikes and along bedding in adjacent Belhales.	70,000 minimum	idle since 1942	On west side of Belt Mts. Golden Messenger mine continued producing until 1942.	Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 176-182; 121-122)
25	Sevenmile-Scratchgravel	1864	early years	59,000	slight activity since 1930	Early discoveries soon exhausted. Mining continuous to 1930 on Sevenmile Creek.	±1872	1916-18	Scratchgravel Hills, contact metamorphic deposits and pyritic veins in quartz monzonite. Seven Mile Creek, irregular pockets and pipelike deposits in limestone.	49,000	desultory output from small mines since 1918	First discovery silver. Rich gold found in 1913.	Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 35-62)
26	Marysville (Ottawa)-Silver Creek (incl. Bald Butte south of main district)	1864	early years, 1938-41	164,000	essentially dormant since 1941	Mostly idle 1904-33	1876	1876-90's; 1911-51	Gold-silver quartz veins in metamorphosed Belt Series rocks around small quartz diorite stock and in marginal portion of intrusive.	1,146,000	Intermittent small-scale operation of several mines in 1960	Most of production from Drumlummon mine. Last significant production in 1951. Drumlummon closed in 1956.	Barrell (1907); Knopf (1913); Pardee & Schrader (1933)
27	Stemple (Gouold)-Virginia Creek	uncertain	pre-1927	29,200	dormant since 1922		pre-1878	Early years, 1922-42	Vein in Belt sedimentary rocks and in quartz diorite stock.	216,000	dormant	Intermittent work from discovery through 1951. Sharp decline after closing of Jay Gould mine in 1942. Gold accounts for 95% of value of production.	Lyden (1948, p. 63); Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 77-87)
28	McClellan Creek	1864	1864-75	340,000	inactive	Placers small but spectacularly rich						Little or no production from lode mining	Lyden (1948, p. 64); Pardee & Schrader (1933, p. 118)
29	Lincoln	1865	1865-75, 1941-42	341,000	last recorded activity in 1954-55	Intermittent operation since 1904 has yielded 2,400 oz						Lode gold production less than a few hundred oz.	Lyden (1948, pp. 65-66); Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 115-117)

**LINCOLN COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
30	Libby (Snowshoe)	1867	1931-47	1,600 (prod. since 1901 only)	inactive	Mining did not begin until early 1880's	1890's	1931-45	Lead-silver and gold-quartz veins in shear zones and bedding-plane faults in Belt series sedimentary rocks. Gold veins mostly in small area 20 miles south of Libby.	16,300 (prod. since 1901 only)	No recorded prod. since 1945	Lead-silver veins discovered earlier. Most of gold was byproduct of lead-silver mining	Gibson (1948, pp. 67-76); Lyden (1948, pp. 76-78)
31	Sylvanite (Yaak)					No record on placer production	not known	1932-40	Gold-bearing quartz-pyrite veins in sandstone	10,850	Only desultory work since 1940	Early history unknown. Was ghost camp by 1905.	Gibson (1948, pp. 69-70)

**MADISON COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
32	Virginia City-Alder Gulch	1863	1863-66, 1899-1922, 1935-42	2,475,000 minimum (some estimates much higher)	essentially inactive since 1950	Richest placers in Montana. Yielded $30,000,000 in first 3 years.	1864	1867-90, 1932-53	Quartz veins and stringers in Precambrian gneiss.	142,000	Only very small prod. since 1953	Nearly continuous but fluctuating prod. to 1953.	Knopf (1913, p. 15); Lyden (1948, pp. 80-83); Tansley, Schaf, and Hart (1933, pp. 47-50)
33	Norris (incl. Norwegian, Hot Springs, and Washington districts)	1864	1864-1902, 1936-42	29,000 minimum	Inactive		1864	prior to 1902, 1933-42	Quartz veins in quartz monzonite and Precambrian gneiss near contact of two.	235,000	Only minor activity since 1953	Prod. declined sharply after 1942.	Winchell (1914, pp. 111 and 118)
34	Pony district (incl. Mineral Hill and South Boulder Creek)			Placers yielded less than 250 oz			Early 1870's	1870-1918, 1928-44	Quartz veins in Precambrian gneiss near contact with quartz monzoniteof Tobacco Root Batholith. Some veins in intrusive.	346,000	Only minor prod. since 1944	Only small, sporadic prod. from 1919-27.	Winchell (1914, p. 119); Tansley, Schafer, and Hart (1933, p.24)
35	Renova					Placers unimportant	1896	1896-1905, 1934-42	Veins in Paleozoic limestone and Belt series sedimentary rocks. Ore at Mayflower mine chiefly tellurides.	162,000	No significant prod. since 1953.	Most of prod. from Mayflower mine. Activity declined sharply after 1942.	Winchell (1914, pp. 99-101)
36	Silver Star-Rochester					Placers small and unimportant	1860's	Early years, 1935-42	Near southern end of Boulder batholith. Veins in Precambrian gneiss; contact deposits in Paleozoic limestone	225,000	Only minor activity since 1951	Silver and base metals also recovered	Sahinen (1939, pp. 5-7); Wnchell (1914, pp. 126-132; 139-144)
37	Tidal Wave (Twin Bridges)					Placer output negligible	1864	Early years, 1931-55	On west side of Tobacco Root Batholith. Contact deposits in Paleozoic limestone. Veins in Precambrian gneiss. Some veins in quartz monzonite.	33,400 (prod. since 1904 only)	Only minor activity since 1955.	Little development until 1874.	Winchell (1914, p. 145); Tansley, Schafer, and Hart (1933, pp. 34-89)
38	Sheridan (incl. Ramshorn)	1864		2,000 (prod. since 1904 only)			1864	Early years, 1931-52	Veins and replacements in Precambrian gneisses, schists, quartzites, and limestone near quartz monzonite stock.	31,500 (prod. since 1904 only. Early prod. known to be substantial.)		Regular prod. through 1952 with sharp drop after 1948.	Tansley, Schafe, and Hart (1933, pp. 40-45)

**MINERAL COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
39-40	Cedar Creek & Trout Creek	1869 and 1872	early years	120,000	only small-scale desultory operations since 1946	Most of gold recovered before 1908						not significant	Lyden (1948, pp. 98-103)

**MISSOULA COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
41	Ninemile Creek	1874	1874-1915, 1934-48	100,000 to 125,000	Only small-scale activity	Gold in glacial moraine. Dredging in 1954 recovered 1,300 oz. Nearly dormant since.						no significant lode prod.	Lyden (1948, pp. 103-107); Pardee (1918, p. 234)
42	Elk Creek-Coloma	1865	early years, 1938-40	52,000 to 100,000	Intermittent activity only since 1940.		1867	1897-1907(?), 1932-52	Quartz-pyrite veins in granodiorite	17,000	Onlu minor activity since 1952	Most prod. from Coloma area. North side of Garnet Range adjacent to locality 14. Prod. declined sharply after 1942.	Pardee (1918, pp. 195-205; 231)

**PARK COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
43	Emigrant Creek	Uncertain	1941-42, 1946-47	15,600	Inactive	No records available before 1905. Mining prior to 1941 on a small scale.	1870's					Lode prod. unimportant since 1901. Early prod. unknown.	Reed (1950, pp. 14, 49-54); Lyden (1948, p. 110)
44	Jardine (Sheepeater)	1866		400 oz reported recovered since 1901.		Small-scale prod. only.	1870		Replacement veins with arsenic and tungsten in Precambrian gneisses. Veins are Precambrian in age.	190,000 to 200,000	Idle	Produced until 1948 when mill burned	Seager (1944)
45	New World (Cooke)					Placer output negligible	1870	1882-87, 1890's, 1933-53	Contact metamorphic deposits and sulfide veins	66,000	only small-scale mining since 1957	Intermittent prod. since discovery but until 1933 mining confined mostly to silver-base metal ores.	Reed (1950, pp. 8-9); Lovering (1930)

**PHILLIPS COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
46	Zortman-Landusky	1884				Recorded prod. small. Early records not available.	1893	1903-19, 1930-43, 1946-50	Gold-silver veins in porphyritic laccolith intrusive into Precambrian schist and Paleozoic limestone. Also as disseminated bodies in porphyry and replacements in limestone.	380,000	essentially dormant	In Little Rocky Mts.	Emmons (1908, pp. 97-98; 104-106); Corry (1933, pp. 32-36)

**POWELL COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
47	Finn (incl. Washington, Jefferson, and Buffalo Gulches)	Early 1860's	1908-16, 1931-42	81,000	No recorded activity	Prod. since World War II is small				Lode prod. since 1933 is 600 oz. No records of earlier production.			Lyden (1948, p. 128)
48	Ophir (Avon)	1865	1865-75, 1934-35	180,000	No recorded prod. after 1954	Most production recovered before 1875	1888	1909-18, 1936-44	Veins mainly in Paleozoic limestone surrounding quartz monzonite stocks.	8,500	Inactive	No recorded gold prod. since 1954.	Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 30-35); Lyden (1948, p. 127); Knopf (1913, p. 15)
49	Pioneer	1852	1862-98	275,000	No systematic work after 1947	First discovery of gold in Montana	Early		Quartz, calcite, pyrite, chalcopyrite veins in granite	less than 1,000	Inactive		Lyden (1948, pp. 120-121); Emmons & Calkins (1913, p. 251); Pardee (1951)
50	Zosell (Emery)	1872	1872-92	3,600	Inactive since 1904		1888	1935-41	Narrow quartz-sulfide veins in volcanic rock of late Cretaceous or early Tertiary age.	39,400	Little activity after 1951	Most prod. from Emery mine	Pardee & Schrader (1933, pp. 270-273, 280)

**RAVALLI COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
51	Hughes Creek	early		more than 10,000	Small and sporadic since 1946.							No record of lode gold production	Lyden (1948, p.132)

**SILVER BOW COUNTY**
		PLACERS					LODES
No.	District	Disc.	Main activity	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	Disc.	Main activity	Manner of occurrence	Est. total prod. (oz of gold)	Status in 1962	Remarks	References
52	Summit Valley (Butte)	1864		1,530,000	Inactive	Production, 1903-51, less than 6,000 oz	1875		Complex system of veins in quartz monzonite	2,406,039 (est. by Anaconda Co., 1880-1961)	Continuing production	Gold is byproduct from copper mining.	Weed (1912, p. 18); Lyden (1948, pp. 143-144); Sales (1914, pp. 3-109)
53	Highland District	1866	1866-76	(?)	Inactive	Early prod. unknown. Prod. since 1932 trivial.	1866	early days, 1931-44	Veins, chimneys, and contact deposits near contact of Paleozoic limestone and intrusive rocks of Boulder batholith	63,000	Inactive	Only small, sporadic production since 1951	Winchell (1914, pp. 89-90); Sahinen (1959, p. 135)