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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LN005942 GOLDEN WEST MINE, "NEW" MINE WEST FISHER LINCOLN
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
27-056 300530073 48.0542 -115.5728
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
27N 31W 34 DBAA 5323087 606355 11
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
4760 F KALISPELL LIBBY HOWARD LAKE
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 10/20/1997 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
LEAD
SILVER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: LIBBY
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010102
Forest or Resource Area: KOOTENAI
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: This mine lies on the opposite (south) side of the West Fisher Creek valley as the Gloria or Little Annie mine. It is reached by an overgrown road which crosses the creek on the east side of the grassy clearing and switchbacks up the hillside. A hoist engine and another small motor is located on a flat loading area well below the mines. A cable leads from the hoist up the steep hillside to the adits. A trail switchbacks above the loading area - also leading to the adits. The four adit portals follow the contours of the hillside and were driven to the south along bedding plane quartz veins which appear to pinch and swell. Three open adits and one collapsed adit were located as well as additional small prospects into the hillside. Water from the drainage to the west was probably piped to the east for the mining operations. A compressor line also remains between the mines. The adits were all dry at the time of this study but evidence of a small discharge from at least two of them was present (eroded rills on the dump of adit #2 and small soggy areas to the north of the adits' portals). The site lies well above West Fisher Creek and is unlikely to affect water quality there. There was no evidence that the discharge ever reached an active drainage. Gibson (1948) discusses the "New" mine of the Golden West Mining Company, but at that time only one adit was present. It is interesting to note that the quartzite beds are uniformly dipping shallowly to the south at the adits but become tightly (and spectacularly) folded to the west toward the unnamed drainage which flows into the West Fisher. The host rock is probably the Prichard Formation. Only trace sulfides were noted on the dumps.
Mines Table
Type Condition Ground Water Photos Available? Photo Numbers Ownership Comments
A01 COLP NO Y 49-14 NF
A02 INTACT NO Y 49-15 NF
A03 INTACT NO Y 49-17, 18 NF
A04 INTACT NO Y 49-19, 20, 21 NF
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings:
Adit Discharge: Y
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Open Adit: Y
Visit: Y
Comments: THREE OPEN ADITS; ONE CAVED. SEASONAL DISCHARGE BUT DRY WHEN VISITED.
M-Mines Table
Type Latitude Longitude UTM_N UTM_E UTM_Z Size Open Length Size Open Width Elevation Elevation Units
A01
A02
A03
A04
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 10/16/1997
Photos Available?:
Access: TR
Nearest Wetlands/Bog:
Drainage Basin: WEST FISHER CREEK
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