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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LN005910 MIDAS MINE / ROSE CONSOLIDATED WEST FISHER LINCOLN
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
D001150 27-004 300530065 48.0822 -115.5103
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
27N 30W 19 DCDC 5326262 610931 11
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
4160 F KALISPELL LIBBY HOWARD LAKE
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 10/21/1997 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
TUNGSTEN
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: LIBBY
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code:
Forest or Resource Area: KOOTENAI
Owner: M
Impact:
Report: Gibson (1948) described the Midas as totaling 3,000 feet of workings with a 75-ton flotation/cyanide mill, with production (up to 1948) totaling $59,000. The claims were originally located in 1905 with early production in 1916 to 1918, with both gold and tungsten produced, and later gold, silver, copper and lead. Again, according to Gibson (1948), mineralization included quartz, scheelite, and carbonate, with sericite, chlorite, galena and tetrahedrite. He states that "native gold associated with iron oxide, malachite, and scheelite can be seen with the aid of a hand lens". Prospects and two partially caved shafts remain on the patented land. Presently (1997), all the workings on Kootenai National Forest administered land are caved and only the concrete footings remain at the mill site. Two wooden buildings are in poor condition and there is an ore bin and the remains of a wooden tram above the mill's ruins. No tailings were identified in the drainage.
Mines Table
Type Condition Ground Water Photos Available? Photo Numbers Ownership Comments
A01 COLP NO Y 48-20 NF
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings: Y
Adit Discharge:
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Open Adit:
Visit: Y
Comments: ALL ADITS CAVED; MILL SITE PRESENT BUT NO IDENTIFIED TAILINGS OR WASTE IN FLOODPLAIN.
Structures Table
Type Number Condition Photos Available Photo Numbers Comments
CA01 1 P Y 48-21
MI01 1 B Y 48-22
M-Mines Table
Type Latitude Longitude UTM_N UTM_E UTM_Z Size Open Length Size Open Width Elevation Elevation Units
A01
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 10/15/1997
Photos Available?:
Access: 4W
Nearest Wetlands/Bog:
Drainage Basin: TRIB TO STANDARD CREEK
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Sensitive Environments within 2 miles of Site or 15 miles Downstream:
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End of report. Retrieved 5/2/2024 4:27:12 AM.

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