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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BE008017 FAITHFUL OLD FAITHFUL BALDY MOUNTAIN BEAVERHEAD
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
45.2992 -113.0233
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
06S 12W 24 CABC
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
7120 F DILLON SALMON POLARIS
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 1/31/1995
Agency Info Table
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Agency: BLM
Region District: BUTTE
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Watershed Code: 10020002
Forest or Resource Area: DILLON
Owner: M
Impact: U
Report: Old Faithful Mine BE008017 Favorite BE000629 The Old Faithful was probably the largest producer in the district. Production totaled 1037 tons of ore yielding 69,512 pounds Pb, 6,700 pounds Zn, 2582 pounds Cu, 1576 ounces Ag, and 268 ounces Au. Tailings were dumped in the dry drainage; a flake of free gold was found in a piece of siliceous breccia on the tailings pile. The vein here is composed of red-brown jasper, goethite, limonite, manganese oxide, with blebs of pyrite and galena (Geach, 1972). Workings explored the north-south vein for 1200 feet; the vein averages three to five feet wide. Host rock reported includes Mississippian Madison limestone or Quadrant sandstone (Winchell, 1914) or Cambrian Hasmark Formation (Loen and Pearson, 1989). Workings include a 250 foot deep shaft (presently caved) with 300 feet of workings driven off it. Assays from a composite sample taken across the face of the dry tailings (PGOF-1) ran 0.071 opt Au, 0.09 opt Ag, 0.62% Cu, 0.02% Pb and 0.03% Zn. Note : Mines noted by Sassman, 1941 but not in MILS database; North Star lode, Emerald mine, Grundy, Dement, Belle, Rothchild (associated with the Faithful), Alice and New York properties (associated with the Faithful, Cable, and Capitol), and the Bull mine.
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
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Rank Table
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Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 7/26/1994
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