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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BE000348 SILVER RULE MINE ARGENTA BEAVERHEAD
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
01-107 300010162 45.3181 -112.95
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
06S 11W 16 AABD 5019853 347178 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
7160 F DILLON DILLON ERMONT
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 4/6/1995 JEW
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
SILVER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: DILLON
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Watershed Code: 10020002
Forest or Resource Area: BEAVERHEAD
Owner: P
Impact: U
Report: Silver Rule (BE000348) The Silver Rule workings consist of a caved adit and a small dump perched on a steep NW-SE trending ridge. Surface disturbance is less than 1 acre. Host rock at this location is Mississippian Madison limestone. Workings follow a vein or zone of dolomitization and silicification 2' to 3' wide; the vein strikes N60W and dips 20NE (Geach, 1972). Purported ore minerals included silver and lead. Dump rocks exhibit traces of iron, copper, and lead mineralization. An AIM sample assayed more than 10,000 ppm lead, 3640 ppm zinc, 891 ppm copper, 94.6 ppm silver, trace gold, and 228 ppm arsenic. This site was discovered pre-1895; the site was worked for 6 months in 1895 and then abandoned. No record of production exists for this time. The Silver Rule Mine is located on patented ground surrounded by national forest. The workings are several hundred feet above Kearns Creek on a dry hillside; no waste rock is in contact with the creek.
Assay Table
Information
Sample Id: WKSR-1
Material Type: WA
Sample Method: COMP
Comments: SILVER RULE - DUMP COMPOSITE
Screening Criteria Table
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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: Y
Comments: MBMG GEOLOGIST: JACK WATSON (6/17/94); PHOTOS 5-7 AND 5-8
Rank Table
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Investigator: J. WATSON
Date: 6/17/1994
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Drainage Basin: KEARNS CREEK
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End of report. Retrieved 4/27/2024 3:02:16 PM.

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