The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.
AIM Id | Name | Alternate Name | District | County |
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LC007418 | SAUERKRAUT GULCH PLACER / SAURKRAUT | SAUERKRAUTE CREEK | LINCOLN | LEWIS AND CLARK |
MRDS | AMLI | MILS | Latitude | Longitude | Datum |
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D006893 | 300490219 | 46.9144 | -112.7583 |
Township | Range | Section | QSection | UTM Northing | UTM Easting | UTM Zone | UTM Datum |
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13N | 09W | 5 | 5196938 | 366105 | 12 |
Average Elevation | Elev Units | Land Owner | 250K Quad | 100K Quad | 24K Quad |
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F | BUTTE | ELLISTON | MOOSE CRK/NEVADA LK |
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GOLD |
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Agency: NF Region District: R1 Ranger District: LINCOLN Forest Service Tract: Watershed Code: 17010203 Forest or Resource Area: HELENA Owner: P Impact: Report: Clay Lewis mined gold and clay and gravel as a residual placer by means of an open cut. Pyritic shale bedrock was exposed in mining yielding some fine-grained gold and orange clay from an indicated fault zone (McCulloch, 2001). |
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Mill Tailings: N Adit Discharge: N Metal Leaching: N Water Erosion: N Residence: N Hazardous Materials: N Open Adit: N Visit: N Comments: ACTIVE IN 2001. |
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Gold: Y Silver: Titanium: Rare Earth Elements: Sapphire: Garnet: Tungsten: Platinum: Magnetite: Hematite: Pyrite: Commodity Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p. Geologic Source: Skarn? / low-sulfide qtz Geologic Source Ref: Lag: Y Transported: Y Type Comments: Quaternary alluvial deposit covering older gold placer containing magnetite, hematite and pyrite. Gold placer deposit consists of 2 feet above bedrock and 2 feet of weathered bedrock. Also, eluvial placer from veins that crosscut the valley. Contains pyrite and pyrite clasts with disseminated pyrite. (14). Gulch placer (23). Type Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1993, Montana Mining Directory 1992, MBMG Bulletin 131, 76 p. Unknown: Fine: Coarse: Comments: Open cut, wash plant (grizzly, trommel, sluice). 100% private mineral ownership. 2 acres disturbed, 80 reclaimed. Size Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1993, Montana Mining Directory 1992, MBMG Bulletin 131, 76 p. Finess: 0.89 Fineref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p. Spoil pile: Wash pile: Wash over: Wash under: Waste Ref: Year Discovered: 1880's |
End of report. Retrieved 10/2/2024 5:48:55 AM.
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