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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LC001129 LINCOLN GULCH PLACER LINCOLN LEWIS AND CLARK
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
D006881 300490069 46.9783 -112.7633
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
14N 09W 8 CAAD 5203712 365665 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
4640 F PRIVATE BUTTE ELLISTON MOOSE CREEK
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 2/6/1995
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: LINCOLN
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010203
Forest or Resource Area: HELENA
Owner: N
Impact: U
Report: Lincoln Gulch Placer LC001129 Lincoln Gulch placers were discovered in 1865 (Pardee and Schrader, 1933) and as of 1994 active placering was continuing. Over $7,000,000 in gold was taken from less than a mile and a half of placer drifting (Pardee and Schrader, 1933). Access via Forest Service Road 626 follows the gulch which shows evidence of placer disturbance, but no hazards. There are dredge piles and steep walled cuts in the alluvium. An active placer was operating near the center of section 8, T.14N., R.9W. in 1994 (McCulloch, 1994, and field visit by PAH). McCulloch states in his mining directory for 1993, that a trommel and sluice wash plant was processing 150-200 YPD from Quaternary alluvum. Shea (1947) states this property was also mined for tungsten during World War II. References for this location are Pardee and Schrader (1933) and later Lyden (1948) and McClernan (1983) who basically reiterate Pardee and Schrader. The deposit type is listed as alluvial valley fill below a narrow drainage. As late as 1998, was managed by Bill Lewis, Salem, Oregon.
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings: N
Adit Discharge: N
Metal Leaching: N
Water Erosion: N
Residence: N
Hazardous Materials: N
Open Adit: N
Visit: Y
Comments: SCREENED OUT: PLACER MINE; P. HARGRAVE; 1994.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
1932 Y
UNK Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
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Commodity Ref: Dingman, O.A., 1932, Placer-mining possibilities in Montana, MBMG Memoir 5, 33 p.
Geologic Source: Shaley gravels; low-sulf.
Geologic Source Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 2001, Montana Mining Directory - 1995-1998, MBMG Miscellaneous Contribution 18, 136 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Quaternary alluvium. Alluvial valley fill below a narrow drainage. The pay gravel is usually 2-3 ft thick and is on bedrock. The remaining 9 ft of gravel is stripped as overburden. (14) Gulch placer (23).
Type Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1991, Montana Mining Directory 1989-1990, MBMG Bulletin 129, 146 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: <5 acres disturbed, trommel and sluice wash plant. 100% public mineral ownership. Inactive in 1997-1998 (14).
Size Ref:
Finess: 0.876
Fineref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
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Year Discovered: 1870's
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
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Drainage Basin: LINCOLN GULCH
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End of report. Retrieved 4/30/2024 4:21:53 AM.

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