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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BW000957 INDIAN CREEK PLACER TOWNSEND ALLUVIAL FAN INDIAN CREEK BROADWATER
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300070341 46.3292 -111.5944
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
07N 01E 27 5130574 454243 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F WHITE SULPHUR TOWNSEND TOWNSEND
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: BLM
Region District: BUTTE
Ranger District:
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10030101
Forest or Resource Area: BUTTE
Owner: P
Impact:
Report: The Indian Creek placer produced 80,000 ounces of gold from 1901-1948 (Krohn and Weist, 1977). Quaternary gravels were mined by surface cuts and placered. Additional references are Koschmann and Bergendahl (1968) USGS Professional Paper 610, lYDEN (1948) and Reed (1951) USBM Information Circular 7592.
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
Tungsten:
Platinum:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref:
Geologic Source: Skarn gold
Geologic Source Ref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
Lag:
Transported:
Type Comments: Gulch, alluvial fan.
Type Ref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments:
Size Ref:
Finess: 0.903
Fineref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
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End of report. Retrieved 5/2/2024 6:47:35 PM.

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