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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BE000935 JOE MAURICE MINE PIONEER MTNS BEAVERHEAD
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300010228 45.6061 -113.0297
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
03S 12W 1 DBCA 5052071 341718 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
8000 F DILLON WISDOM MAURICE MOUNTAIN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 5/4/1995 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
COPPER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: DILLON
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Watershed Code: 10020004
Forest or Resource Area: BEAVERHEAD
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: Joe Maurice BE000935 This mine was screened out because of the remoteness and inaccuracy of its location (access is via 4 miles of trail along Gold Creek) and its description in Geach, 1972. Quote from Geach, 1972... " The Joe Maurice mine if on Gold Creek about 4 miles above its junction with Wise River and about 1 mile due east of Maurice Mountain. It is at an altitude of about 9,000 feet (this should probably be 8,000 feet ?), and can be reached by foot trail up Gold Creek. This area is not surveyed, but if it were, the mine would be in sec. 1, T. 3 S., R. 12 W. The lower workings consist of an adit, now caved but estimated to be about 75 feet long, driven along a N. 7 E. line. Most of the material on the dump is white marble containing tremolite, but there are pieces of basalt and dark silicified limestone. Fragments of silicified limestone as large as 6 inches across contain layers of magnetite. The limestone country rock strikes N. 6 W. and dips 59 NE. About 100 feet northwwest of the adit is a shaft, the top 20 feet of which is open. Material on this dump is marble. Another caved adit is about 100 feet northwest of the shaft. The dump contains iron-stained dolomite. One copper-stained piece was found. The mine has no record of production."
Screening Criteria Table
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Comments: SCREENED OUT: NO PRODUCTION; GEACH 1972 SAYS ALL COLLAPSED; INACCURATE LOCATION.
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 10/16/1996
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End of report. Retrieved 5/3/2024 3:40:54 AM.

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