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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BE000078 GRASSHOPPER PLACER GRASSHOPPER GULCH PLACER BANNACK BEAVERHEAD
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
DC11401 300010117 45.1353 -112.9419
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
08S 11W 15 CBDA 4999595 347301 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
5700 F DILLON DILLON BANNACK
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 7/7/1995 CBD
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: BLM
Region District: BUTTE
Ranger District:
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10020002
Forest or Resource Area: DILLON
Owner: M
Impact:
Report: Grasshopper Placer BE000078 The exact location of this placer is unclear, but is probably presently considered as a part of the Bon Accord placer. The location as plotted on the topographic map is now a cow pasture with old machinery dotting it (trucks, excavator, dozer).
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings: N
Adit Discharge: N
Metal Leaching: N
Water Erosion: N
Residence: N
Hazardous Materials: N
Open Adit: N
Visit: Y
Comments: NO HAZARDS
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
UNK Y
UNK2 Y Y Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
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Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Geach, R.D., 1972, Mines and mineral deposits (except fuels) Beaverhead County, Montana, MBMG Bulletin 85, 194 p.
Geologic Source:
Geologic Source Ref:
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Late Pleistocene terrace deposits 100 ft above creek level and Recent gravel bars.
Type Ref: Geach, R.D., 1972, Mines and mineral deposits (except fuels) Beaverhead County, Montana, MBMG Bulletin 85, 194 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
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Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1862
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 6/9/1994
Photos Available?:
Access:
Nearest Wetlands/Bog:
Drainage Basin: GRASSHOPPER CRK
Water Contact Stream:
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Number of Surface Water Intake(s) observed within 15 miles downstream:
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Sensitive Environments within 2 miles of Site or 15 miles Downstream:
Population within 0-0.25 miles:
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Public Interest:

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