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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LC001513 ECLIPSE ECLIPSE CLAIMS UNORGANIZED LEWIS AND CLARK
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300490009 46.9925 -112.3589
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
14N 06W 4 DCDD 5205730 395988 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
5560 F BUTTE ELLISTON WILBORN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 2/6/1995
Commodities Table
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Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: LINCOLN
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Watershed Code: 17010203
Forest or Resource Area: HELENA
Owner: P
Impact: U
Report: Eclipse LC001513 The Eclipse was never exactly located but the general area was visited. It is located adjacent to the Flesher Pass road (Highway 279) and has probably been naturally reclaimed. Workings are described as test pits (in 1944) along the strike of a vein (or veins) exposed in road building. Minerals present included malachite, cuprite, limonite and quartz. The property was described as three claims, but presently the land is privately held according to USFS ownership maps. It is a contact deposit between an andesite porphyry and quartzite (or late Proterozoic diorite sills/dikes and Precambrian Spokane Formation (Whipple and others, 1987).
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: INITIAL VISIT; MBMG PHYLLIS HARGRAVE 09/09/94; INACCURATE LOCATION.
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 9/9/1994
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Drainage Basin: WILLOW CREEK
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