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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
MA000283 CALIFORNIA CREEK PLACER SHERIDAN MADISON
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
DC11327 300570957 45.4153 -111.9992
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
05S 03W 8 5029352 421819 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F DILLON DILLON COPPER MOUNTAIN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 6/6/1996 JDL
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: BLM
Region District: BUTTE
Ranger District:
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10020003
Forest or Resource Area: DILLON
Owner: M
Impact: U
Report: There are two other duplicate locations. Ownership here is primarily BLM with private land upstream and downstream. Claim posts indicate that this property was claimed in 1999 as the Lucky Boy and others, by Thomas J. Dean. In 2010, the placer was not being worked.
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings:
Adit Discharge:
Metal Leaching:
Water Erosion:
Residence:
Hazardous Materials:
Open Adit:
Visit: Y
Comments: JEFF LONN; 6/6/96. OPERATED BY H&H GOLD IN THE 1990'S.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
UNK Y Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
Tungsten:
Platinum:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1991, Montana Mining Directory 1989-1990, MBMG Bulletin 129, 146 p.
Geologic Source: Quaternary gravel deposit
Geologic Source Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1991, Montana Mining Directory 1989-1990, MBMG Bulletin 129, 146 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Quaternary gravel deposit.
Type Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1991, Montana Mining Directory 1989-1990, MBMG Bulletin 129, 146 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: Screening plant, sluices, jigs, magnetic separators. <5 acres.
Size Ref:
Finess:
Fineref:
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1860's

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