The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BE000706 WEST LIMB MINE MELROSE BEAVERHEAD
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300010513 45.6783 -112.7817
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
02S 10W 12 DACD 5059635 361240 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
5930 F NF DILLON BUTTE SOUTH CATTLE GULCH
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
UNKNOWN
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
FLUORINE
PHOSPHATE
URANIUM
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: WISE RIVER
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Watershed Code: 10020004
Forest or Resource Area: BEAVERHEAD
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: This mine is located up a small drainage southeast on Canyon Creek, in high and dry country. It consists of one adit but possibly with short stopes (?) above or with other adits above or possibly the main adit has daylighted on the hill above the mine. In any case, there are two open holes above the mine road which were deemed hazardous. The site is remote and accessible by 4-wheel drive or by trail. The black and blue, shaley Permian Phosphoria Formation has been dumped below the mine down the steep slope. There is no water component at the site.
Screening Criteria Table
Information
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Open Adit: Y
Visit: Y
Comments: ORIGINAL ADIT CAVED; BUT TWO UPPER ADITS (?) PARTLY OPEN AND/OR DAYLIGHTED. PHOTOS 26-10;11;12;13
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 6/11/1996
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