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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JF005141 | BOULDER | BASIN GOLDFIELDS | BASIN | JEFFERSON |
| MRDS | AMLI | MILS | Latitude | Longitude | Datum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-286 | 300430150 | 46.2786 | -112.2872 |
| Township | Range | Section | QSection | UTM Northing | UTM Easting | UTM Zone | UTM Datum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06N | 06W | 13 | AAAC |
| Average Elevation | Elev Units | Land Owner | 250K Quad | 100K Quad | 24K Quad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | BUTTE | BUTTE NORTH | BASIN |
| Property Type | Update Date | Who Updated |
|---|---|---|
| LODE | 3/26/1995 | JDL |
| Commodities Identified |
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COPPER GOLD LEAD SILVER ZINC |
| Information |
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Agency: NF Region District: R1 Ranger District: JEFFERSON Forest Service Tract: Watershed Code: 10020006 Forest or Resource Area: DEERLODGE Owner: M Impact: Report: Boulder (Basin Goldfields) Extensive workings total about 8000 feet (Roby and others, 1960) and are accessed by numerous openings, all of which are dry and caved. The mine follows an 4 inch to 18 foot wide (unpublished information, MBMG files), N68-90W near vertical vein in quartz monzonite which has been intruded and brecciated by a Tertiary quartz latite dike (Ruppel, 1963). The Boulder was one of the few mines in the Basin district with fairly high gold values; 4425 tons of ore produced 3305 oz Au, 8527 oz Ag, 1173 lbs Cu, 4915 lbs Pb, and 1763 lbs Zn (Roby and others, 1960). The ownership of this mine is mixed national forest and private land. |
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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; 6/92 |
End of report. Retrieved 4/30/2024 11:03:42 PM.
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