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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
JF004931 CUSTER BASIN JEFFERSON
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
22-142 300430107 46.3042 -112.2269
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
06N 05W 4 ADBD
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
6600 F BUTTE BUTTE NORTH MOUNT THOMPSON
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 5/16/1995 FAC
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
SILVER
Agency Info Table
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Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: JEFFERSON
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Watershed Code: 10020006
Forest or Resource Area: DEERLODGE
Owner: M
Impact: L
Report: Custer One caved adit and several prospect pits follow a N74E 75N quartz-pyrite-galena-sphalerite (Becraft and others, 1963) vein that is probably the western extension of the Red Wing-Hiawatha vein. Apparently there are about 1500 feet of underground workings. The mine was intermittantly active from 1903-1912 with 8472 tons of ore produced with 470 oz Au and 106,065 oz Ag recovered (Roby and others, 1960). Knopf (1913) states that the 30 foot wide vein carried up to 40 oz/ton in silver, but that ore shoots were less than one foot wide.
Screening Criteria Table
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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: Y
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Rank Table
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Investigator: J. LONN
Date: 7/23/1992
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End of report. Retrieved 5/3/2024 12:16:18 PM.

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