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Gold in Missoula County, Montana

The federal record (USGS MRDS) lists 87 gold occurrences in Missoula County — 38 of them past or active producers. Below is that record, readable: the documented sites, and the live map that puts claims, creeks, roads and geology under every one of them.

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Missoula County by the numbers

87recorded gold occurrences
38past & active gold producers
40recorded as placer ground

The recorded gold sites

Producers first, then prospects and occurrences — each links into the live map of that exact ground:

SiteStatusType
Ninemile Creek DistrictProducerplacer
Belleview MinePast producer
Blacktail MinePast producer
CatoPast producer
ChesterPast producercontact metasomatic
Chickaman MinePast producer
ClemanthaPast producer
Coloma PlacerPast producerplacer
Crystal Springs MinePast producer
DixiePast producer
Dixie GroupPast producer
Eileen Marcia Placer MinePast producerplacer
Eileen Marsha Placer MinePast producerplacer
Elk Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Housum PlacerPast producerplacer
Ida A PlacerProducerplacer
Josephine Creek Placer MineProducerplacer
Kennedy Creek Placer MinePast producerplacer
La Chambre Placer MinePast producerplacer
Lolo Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Mammoth MinePast producer
Marion Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Mattie VPast producer
Mcginnis and Washoe Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Nine Mile MinePast producer
Nine Mile OperationPast producer
Nine Mile PlacerPast producerplacer
Petty Creek PlacerPast producerplacer
Petty Creek PlacersProducer
Rambled MinePast producer

Showing the top 30 of 87 recorded gold occurrences — every one is on the live map.

What this can — and can't — tell you

The public record shows where gold was documented, claimed and produced. It cannot tell you what's left, whether a specific creek still carries color, or that any spot will pay. What it CAN do is stack the odds: known sources upslope, the creeks that drain them, what's already claimed, and the bedrock — read together. Always verify claim status with BLM and land rules before you dig. Information, not advice.

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