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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BE008331 GARNET ADIT ONE OF FLUORESCENT CLAIMS ROCK CREEK BEAVERHEAD
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
45.5297 -112.8561
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
03S 10W 32 DADD
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
6940 F NF DILLON BUTTE SOUTH STORM PEAK
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE/MILL 9/3/1996 PAH
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: DILLON
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10020004
Forest or Resource Area: BEAVERHEAD
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: Quote from Pattee, E.C., 1960......." The Fluorescent claims are principally on the north side of Rock Creek. The Garnet adit, one of two on the claims, is on the Rock Creek road, about 1 mile norhtwest of the Brownes Lake mine. The largest exposure on the property is a 130-foot-long outcrop of mineralized tactite on the Mammoth claim, northeast from the Garnet adit. Scheelite and powellite also occur in small exposures of tactite and limestone near the Garnet adit and on the Star claims to the north (fig. 7). The Bureau of MInes did some bulldozer trenching in 1942 on the Garnet claim under the wartime strategic minerals program. In 1944 a small mill was constructed near the Garnet adit, and a few hundred pounds of concentrates was produced. The contact of the Mount Torrey batholith and Amsden limestone trends norhtwestward across the property. The Amsden and overlying formations trend about N. 25 degrees W. amd dip about 25 degrees northeasterly. Outcrops form cliffs a few hundred feet high at the west end of the property. The Garnet adit is caved near the face. No mineralized tactite is exposed in the adit; however, tactite 5 feet wide and 6 feet high is exposed in the north side of the bulldozer cut, 170 feet north of the portal. The tactite is in decomposed marble, which is bounded on the west by granodiorite. The broken nature of the rock in the cut indicates that the exposure is in landslide. A 5-foot chip sample across the thickness assayed 0.304 percent WO3." This study found the adit still partly open and accessible to the north of the Forest Service road. A small structure (which may have been a mill) lies on the opposite side of the road. No environmental hazards were noted.
Mines Table
Type Condition Ground Water Photos Available? Photo Numbers Ownership Comments
A01 PART NO Y 33-24,25 NF
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings: N
Adit Discharge: N
Metal Leaching: N
Water Erosion: N
Residence: N
Hazardous Materials: N
Open Adit: Y
Visit: Y
Comments: ADIT CAVED TO SURFACE 50 FEET BACK; BUT STILL OPEN 10 OR MORE FEET; ALSO HAS TRENCHES.
Structures Table
Type Number Condition Photos Available Photo Numbers Comments
MI01 1 P Y 33-22,23 PROBABLY MILL NOTED IN PATTEE,1960.
M-Mines Table
Type Latitude Longitude UTM_N UTM_E UTM_Z Size Open Length Size Open Width Elevation Elevation Units
A01
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 8/29/1996
Photos Available?:
Access: IR
Nearest Wetlands/Bog:
Drainage Basin: ROCK CREEK
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Population within 0-0.25 miles:
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