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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BE000012 MAIDEN CREEK COPPER MINE CHINATOWN BEAVERHEAD
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
01-229 300010106 44.8622 -113.1519
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
11S 13W 23 DBBB 4969680 329982 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
8600 F DUBOIS LEADORE DEADMAN PASS
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
COPPER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: DILLON
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Watershed Code: 10020001
Forest or Resource Area: BEAVERHEAD
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: Quoted from Geach, 1972 …."The Maiden Creek Copper mine is in sec. 23, T. 11 S., R. 13 W. The property is at an altitude of about 8,600 feet and can be reached by a jeep trail that leaves the road up Jeff Davis Gulch at a point about 1 mile east of Chinatown and goes up the ridge between Jeff Davis Gulch and Colorado Creek. The property consists of several unpatented claims located in 1962 by Chester A. Given of Arco, Idaho. The principal workings consist of an adit on the Maiden Creek Copper claim No. 1. At the time of the writer's visit the adit had been driven about 25 feet to explore a 2-foot quartz vein that strikes N. 8 degrees W. and dips 62 degrees SW. The quartz is copper stained and contains some chalcopyrite. The country rock is well-foliated red granite gneiss; the foliation trends N. 80 degrees W. and dips 16 degrees NE. The property has no record of production."
Screening Criteria Table
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Visit: N
Comments: SCREENED OUT IN OFFICE; INFORMATION FROM GEACH; 1972; 25' ADIT; NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.
Rank Table
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Investigator: A. ENGLISH
Date: 10/31/1996
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End of report. Retrieved 5/1/2024 10:13:28 AM.

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