Facts
- MSHA status
- Active since Sep 9, 2024
- Type
- Surface
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Montana
- Land status (BLM data)
- Private land or land not mapped as public
- Nearest town
- Whitehall
- Employees reported
- 54
- Operator
- Golden Sunlight Mines Inc
- Coordinates
- 45.8508, -112.2622
- MSHA mine ID
- 2401417
Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.
Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.
History and geology (USGS)
- USGS site name
- Little Pipestone Creek Placer
- USGS status
- Past producer
- Commodities
- Gold
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10124621 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Gold mines nearby
- Red Pine Mine 24 mi · non-producing
- Revenue Mine 37 mi · intermittent
- US Antimony Critical Minerals Mill 40 mi · intermittent
- Small gold operation (MSHA 2402718) 55 mi · intermittent
- Contact Concentrator 59 mi · intermittent
- Henderson 67 mi · intermittent