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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
GR009130 KEARNS CREEK PLACER ALSO FIRST CHANCE DISTRICT GARNET GRANITE
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
46.8245 -113.3632
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
12N 14W 4
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
BUTTE MISSOULA EAST ELEVATION MOUNTAIN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Agency Info Table
Information
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.
Screening Criteria Table
Information
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.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
UNK Y
Placer Table
Information
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:
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End of report. Retrieved 5/3/2024 10:03:54 AM.

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