The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.
AIM Id | Name | Alternate Name | District | County |
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GR009130 | KEARNS CREEK PLACER | ALSO FIRST CHANCE DISTRICT | GARNET | GRANITE |
MRDS | AMLI | MILS | Latitude | Longitude | Datum |
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46.8245 | -113.3632 |
Township | Range | Section | QSection | UTM Northing | UTM Easting | UTM Zone | UTM Datum |
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12N | 14W | 4 |
Average Elevation | Elev Units | Land Owner | 250K Quad | 100K Quad | 24K Quad |
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BUTTE | MISSOULA EAST | ELEVATION MOUNTAIN |
Property Type | Update Date | Who Updated |
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PLACER |
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Agency: BLM Region District: BUTTE Ranger District: Forest Service Tract: Watershed Code: 17010201 Forest or Resource Area: MISSOULA Owner: M Impact: Report: Cadastral survey shows the Never Sweat MS #4544 placer is NF land surrounded by BLM land. MT DEQ Historical Narrative: The area along the upper section of Kearns Creek, where the Peggy Ann was located, was originally a placer operation. The creek bottoms throughout the area were worked by Frederick Eggers, Patrick Birningham, Henry Epple, Louis Hashel and Zachariah Brown during the 1870s. The diggings, in 1880 had 800 feet of sluice boxes, about three miles of ditches, five reservoirs and seven cabins. |
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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: N Comments: MIXED OWNERSHIP. |
Years | Dredge dry land | Dredge float | Ground sluicing | Boom dam | Drifting | Hydraulic | Pan rocker | Long Tom | Mercury |
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UNK | Y |
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Gold: Y Silver: Titanium: Rare Earth Elements: Sapphire: Garnet: Tungsten: Platinum: Magnetite: Hematite: Pyrite: Commodity Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 2001, Montana Mining Directory - 1995-1998, MBMG Miscellaneous Contribution 18, 136 p. Geologic Source: Geologic Source Ref: Lag: Transported: Y Type Comments: Gulch placer. Type Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 2001, Montana Mining Directory - 1995-1998, MBMG Miscellaneous Contribution 18, 136 p. Unknown: Fine: Coarse: Comments: Fines processed in Chicken Run Creek. (14) Waste reloaded and returned to pit. Cut and fill. 100% public mineral ownership. Trommel and sluice. Reclamation completed in upper Kearns Creek after 1998 (14). Size Ref: Finess: Fineref: Spoil pile: Wash pile: Wash over: Wash under: Waste Ref: Year Discovered: |
End of report. Retrieved 5/3/2024 10:03:54 AM.
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