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Oregon Gulch Claim
Montana Gold Claims: For Sale, Lease or Joint Venture, or the Missoula Gulch 160 acre: in Mineral County's historic Cedar Creek Mining District District.
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Missoula Gulch Placer, Mineral County Montana—historic gold zone with Yellow Bucket site, rich gravels, steady water flow, and strong potential for renewed placer recovery.
Missoula Gulch
Missoula Gulch
Missoula Gulch Placer
MLRSS Serial No.
MT101643676
Legacy Serial No.
MTMMC 236742
Location
Southwest ¼ of Section 2 and the NW ¼ of Section 11, T15N, R28W
County & State
Mineral County, Montana
Acreage
160 Acres
Sale Price
$149,500.00
The Missoula Gulch Placer offers an outstanding balance of verified gold presence, favorable logistics, and unmined potential.
Located in the heart of the Cedar Creek district — a goldfield with documented production exceeding 120,000 oz — this claim controls one of the key tributary confluences where gold naturally concentratesHistoric USFS testing confirmed economic gold values even in shallow gravels; deeper benches and flood channels remain untested. With water on-site, road access, and no modern mechanized mining, Missoula Gulch represents a ready-to-develop placer property in a district of proven productivity.
At current metal prices, the economics are highly favorable. The claim’s proximity to the Yellow Bucket site and other Oregon Gulch Exploration holdings adds both scale and credibility for investors seeking to participate in a multi-claim development package.
Yellow Bucket
Yellow Bucket
The Yellow Bucket Mine is located within the boundaries of Missoula Gulch.
Yellow Bucket Mine (Missoula Gulch Claim) –
Technical & Historical Report
Oregon Gulch Exploration
Location and Site Description
Location and Site Description
Legal Location: The Yellow Bucket Mine lies on the Missoula Gulch placer claim in the SW¼ of Section 2 and NW¼ of Section 11, Township 15 North, Range 28 West, in Mineral County, Montana.
This places it in the Cedar Creek Mining District about 16 miles southwest of Superior. The claim sits near the confluence of Bonanza, Missoula, and Oregon Gulches, roughly 2 miles north of Oregon Peak, on a bench adjacent to Oregon Gulch.
Coordinates & Elevation: Approximate center at 47.086°N, 115.107°W (WGS84), with site elevations around 4,880 feet (1,487 m) above sea level.
The surrounding terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, with ridges up to 6,863 feet at nearby Mink Peak . A seasonal Forest Service access road (reached via the main Cedar Creek Road) leads to the claim area, providing road access in snow-free months.
Historical Background
Historical Background
Gold Rush Era (1869–1900): The Cedar Creek district was first placer-mined in 1869 after rich gold strikes by prospector Louis Barrette. A rush ensued – by 1870, camps like Forest City and Louiseville boomed, and the district’s population reportedly swelled to thousands . Cedar Creek became one of Montana’s notable placer regions, yielding an estimated $2–10 million in gold by 1935.
Bedrock in this portion of the Bitterroot Mountains has been assigned by Ross (1963), Northwest quarter geologic map of the Belt Series to the Wallace Formation. The formation is composed of quartzite, argillite, limestone, dolomite, and a wide range of mixture of these rock types. The most diagnostic characteristic of the formation as a whole is the presence of calcite, ferro-dolomite, or low-iron ankerite, or a mixture of these minerals. A thickness of about 10,000 feet of Wallace Formation is exposed in the Dry Creek valley approximately 7 miles north of this site. Colors range from white to dark gray with shades of reddish to yellowish-brown; typical of weathered surfaces.”
Bedrock in this portion of the Bitterroot Mountains has been assigned by Ross (1963), Northwest quarter geologic map of the Belt Series to the Wallace Formation. The formation is composed of quartzite, argillite, limestone, dolomite, and a wide range of mixture of these rock types. The most diagnostic characteristic of the formation as a whole is the presence of calcite, ferro-dolomite, or low-iron ankerite, or a mixture of these minerals. A thickness of about 10,000 feet of Wallace Formation is exposed in the Dry Creek valley approximately 7 miles north of this site. Colors range from white to dark gray with shades of reddish to yellowish-brown; typical of weathered surfaces.”
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