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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LC007440 TRINITY GULCH / TRINITY CREEK WOLF CREEK LEWIS AND CLARK
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
D006898 300490210 46.7586 -112.2444
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
12N 05W 33 5178873 404962 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BUTTE ELLISTON CANYON CK/SILVERCITY
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 8/23/2009 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: HELENA
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10030101
Forest or Resource Area: HELENA
Owner: P
Impact: U
Report: Upstream from the Settle Ranch, on Trinity Creek. Downstream from Marysville.
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: UP TRINITY CREEK, ABOVE THE SETTLE RANCH. ALL PRIVATE. GROUND SLUICING.
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: Vein
Geologic Source Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Probably first worked in 1865, and then for several years. Some work in 1927.
Type Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: Ground-sluicing piles. Lower part tested with pits for dredging but too poor for development.
Size Ref:
Finess:
Fineref:
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1865

End of report. Retrieved 5/2/2024 11:21:51 AM.

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