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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
JF006581 LITTLE PIPESTONE CREEK PLACER LITTLEPIPESTONE JEFFERSON
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
DC11072 300430353 45.8517 -112.2567
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
01N 05W 8 5078116 402430 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F DILLON BUTTE SOUTH GRACE
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 6/9/2011 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
1902-1957 Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
Tungsten:
Platinum:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Roby, R.N., Ackerman, W.C., Fulkerson, F.B., and Crowley, F.A., 1960, Mines and Mineral Deposits (Except Fuels) Jefferson County, Montana, MBMG Bulletin 16, p. 13-16
Geologic Source:
Geologic Source Ref:
Lag:
Transported:
Type Comments: Near Cactus Junction
Type Ref:
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse: Y
Comments: Summer 1900, Lotz and Smith recovered nuggets from $1 to $4 each of high purity.
Size Ref:
Finess:
Fineref:
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered:

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