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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LN005554 MISSOURI (SEE GRIZZLY LN006170) LIBBY LINCOLN
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300530142 48.2228 -115.6111
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
28N 31W 4 5342142 602967 11
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F KALISPELL LIBBY CABLE MOUNTAIN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 11/5/1997 PAH
Commodities Table
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LEAD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: LIBBY
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Watershed Code: 17010101
Forest or Resource Area: KOOTENAI
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: This site is the same as the Grizzly, but this was described in Gibson (1948) as " a group of seven claims is on the north side of Leigh Creek about 2 miles above its junction with Cherry Creek. Several short adits, at altitudes between 3,600 and 4,400 feet, have been driven on quartz veins along a shear zone striking northwestward in quartzite of the Ravalli. The sulfides seen in the adits and on the dumps are galena, pyrite, arsenopyrite, and chalcopyrite. Parts of the vein are more or less oxidized, pyrite and arsenopyrite are being replaced by limonite and anglesite. The most abundant gangue mineral is quartz, though ankerite, altering to and manganese oxides, is conspicuous in one of the upper adits. As may be seen in polished sections, arsenopyrite was one of the first of the primary metallic minerals to be deposited; it is replaced in part by galena, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. Though most of the quartz is earlier than the sulfides, tiny veinlets of later quartz cut through the shattered pyrite and arsenopyrite."
Screening Criteria Table
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Visit: N
Comments: SCREENED OUT: DUPLICATE; SAME AS GRIZZLY LN006170
Rank Table
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Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 11/5/1997
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End of report. Retrieved 5/2/2024 2:44:50 AM.

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