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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LN005590 COMET PLACER LIBBY LINCOLN
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300530151 48.1778 -115.5256
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
28N 31W 24 A 5336891 609610 11
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
3320 F KALISPELL LIBBY CABLE MOUNTAIN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 11/5/1997 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
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: M
Impact:
Report: This placer was screened out because it was a placer, and the ownership is probably mostly private. A quote from Gibson (1948), p. 127 is as follows ...."Several placer claims that were staked about 1890 on Little Cherry Creek near its confluence with Libby Creek were bought by the Comet Mining Co. in 1908 and worked until 1916. A small production in 1910 and 1911 from a hydraulicking operation on this property is reported in Mineral Resources; and a little gold is also said to have been obtained by ground sluicing of stream gravel in 1921. Since then the property has been idle. Part of this production came from gravel and till in the valley of the present stream and part of it from bench gravels on the south side of the valley. According to one of the placer miners who had prospected this property, the heavy overburden of till overlying the stream gravels which contain the pay streak is lean in gold and so thick that the cost of its removal would eat up any possible profit from the pay streak."
Screening Criteria Table
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Visit: N
Comments: SCREENED OUT: PLACER; PROBABLY MOSTLY PRIVATE.
Rank Table
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Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 11/5/1997
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