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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JF005016 | SOLAR - PEARL | BASIN | JEFFERSON |
MRDS | AMLI | MILS | Latitude | Longitude | Datum |
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300430166 | 46.4 | -112.3125 |
Township | Range | Section | QSection | UTM Northing | UTM Easting | UTM Zone | UTM Datum |
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08N | 06W | 35 | DBAB | 5139301 | 398742 | 12 |
Average Elevation | Elev Units | Land Owner | 250K Quad | 100K Quad | 24K Quad |
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F | BUTTE | BUTTE NORTH | THREE BROTHERS |
Property Type | Update Date | Who Updated |
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LODE | 3/27/1995 | JDL |
Commodities Identified |
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GOLD LEAD SILVER |
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Agency: NF Region District: R1 Ranger District: JEFFERSON Forest Service Tract: Watershed Code: 10020006 Forest or Resource Area: DEERLODGE Owner: N Impact: Report: Solar-Pearl Both Roby and others (1960) and Ruppel (1963) provide descriptions of these mines. The Solar workings consist of one caved shaft about 140 feet deep with two levels totaling 500 feet along a N70-80E steeply north dipping vein with quartz, pyrite, tourmaline galena, tetrahedrite, arsenopyrite, and chalcopyrite. The early ores mined reportedly contained up to 3 oz gold and 300 oz silver per ton, but production since 1902 has been 251 tons of ore from which 166 oz gold, 10,048 oz silver, 245 lbs copper, and 6,142 lbs of lead were recovered. Our own select sample (JJSO-1) of vein material ran .058 oz/ton gold, 3.32 oz/ton silver, 0.035% copper, 0.51% lead, and 0.068% zinc. The dump is comprised of quartz monzonite, about 10% of which has been altered to a quartz-sericite-pyrite rock. A caved adit trending N85W with a dump of unaltered vegetated quartz monzonite is also present. The Pearl explores the same vein well to the west with one short, caved, flooded shaft. Mineralogy of the vein is similar to that of the Solar. Both sites are on Deerlodge National Forest land. |
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Sample Id: JJSO-1 Material Type: VE Sample Method: SELECT Comments: |
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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 Comments: LONN; 7/92 |
End of report. Retrieved 5/3/2024 3:51:30 PM.
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