Abandoned and Inactive Mines
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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| JF002013 | PRICKLY PEAR PLACER / PRICKLEY | SEE ALSO CLANCY CREEK PLACERS | CLANCY-LUMPGUL | JEFFERSON |
| MRDS | AMLI | MILS | Latitude | Longitude | Datum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W014677 | 300430283 | 46.3744 | -112.0231 |
| Township | Range | Section | QSection | UTM Northing | UTM Easting | UTM Zone | UTM Datum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07N | 03W | 7 | 5135942 | 421316 | 12 |
| Average Elevation | Elev Units | Land Owner | 250K Quad | 100K Quad | 24K Quad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | BUTTE | BUTTE NORTH | WICKES |
| Property Type | Update Date | Who Updated |
|---|---|---|
| PLACER |
| Commodities Identified |
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GOLD SILVER |
| Information |
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Agency: BLM Region District: BUTTE Ranger District: Forest Service Tract: Watershed Code: 10030101 Forest or Resource Area: BUTTE Owner: Impact: Report: From Krohn and Weist (1977), production listed from 1865 to 1959, 100,000 ounces gold and 30,000 ounces silver. Deposit type is placer, host rock is Quaternary gravel, size is small, type of mining is surface. From the Montana Department of Environmental Quality historical narratives: Placer deposits were also reworked in the 1930s. In August of 1933 the Winston Brothers began dragline and washplant operations on Prickly Pear Creek five miles downstream from Alhambra. In late August of 1938 the Winston Brothers Company completed a six cubic foot Yuba Dredge on Prickly Pear Creek two miles south of Alhambra. The machine had the capacity to dig 35 ft below the surface of the water and was the first dredge to employ jigs in the place of riffle tables. The combined 358 horsepower required by the various mechanisms of the dredge was powered from a 60,000 volt powerline owned by Montana Power. A 30 horsepower boiler provided steam heat for the dredge (Strojan 1938). |
| Years | Dredge dry land | Dredge float | Ground sluicing | Boom dam | Drifting | Hydraulic | Pan rocker | Long Tom | Mercury |
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| 1933 | Y | ||||||||
| 1938-1948 | Y | ||||||||
| 1958-1959 | Y |
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Gold: Y Silver: Y Titanium: Rare Earth Elements: Sapphire: Garnet: Tungsten: Platinum: Magnetite: Hematite: Pyrite: Commodity Ref: Krohn, D.H., and Weist, M.M., 1977, Principal Information on Montana mines, MBMG Special Publication 75, 150 p. Geologic Source: Vein; polymetallic vein Geologic Source Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p. Lag: Transported: Y Type Comments: Veins that are largely eroded away. In Quaternary gravels. Alluvial (transport) (23). Type Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p. Unknown: Fine: Coarse: Comments: Size Ref: Finess: 0.738 Fineref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p. Spoil pile: Wash pile: Wash over: Wash under: Waste Ref: Year Discovered: |
End of report. Retrieved 5/1/2024 3:24:39 AM.
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