Bates Creek

Bates Creek is a stream in Washington County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Mine a Breton Creek.

The stream headwaters are at 37.88306°N, -90.84083°W and its confluence with Mine a Breton Creek is at 37.94722°N, -90.79833°W. Bates Creek source area lies south of Potosi and it flows north passing west of Potosi before turning northeast and passing under Missouri routes 8 and 185 just before joining the Mine a Breton just northwest of the city.

Bates Creek has the name of Moses Bates, proprietor of a local blast furnace.