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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LC007418 SAUERKRAUT GULCH PLACER / SAURKRAUT SAUERKRAUTE CREEK LINCOLN LEWIS AND CLARK
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
D006893 300490219 46.9144 -112.7583
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
13N 09W 5 5196938 366105 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BUTTE ELLISTON MOOSE CRK/NEVADA LK
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
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: P
Impact:
Report: Clay Lewis mined gold and clay and gravel as a residual placer by means of an open cut. Pyritic shale bedrock was exposed in mining yielding some fine-grained gold and orange clay from an indicated fault zone (McCulloch, 2001).
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: N
Comments: ACTIVE IN 2001.
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
Tungsten:
Platinum:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Geologic Source: Skarn? / low-sulfide qtz
Geologic Source Ref:
Lag: Y
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Quaternary alluvial deposit covering older gold placer containing magnetite, hematite and pyrite. Gold placer deposit consists of 2 feet above bedrock and 2 feet of weathered bedrock. Also, eluvial placer from veins that crosscut the valley. Contains pyrite and pyrite clasts with disseminated pyrite. (14). Gulch placer (23).
Type Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1993, Montana Mining Directory 1992, MBMG Bulletin 131, 76 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: Open cut, wash plant (grizzly, trommel, sluice). 100% private mineral ownership. 2 acres disturbed, 80 reclaimed.
Size Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1993, Montana Mining Directory 1992, MBMG Bulletin 131, 76 p.
Finess: 0.89
Fineref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1880's

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