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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
MA003760 RUBY CREEK PLACER MADISON
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
D007143 300570328 45.0464 -111.7333
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
09S 01W 16 4988147 442247 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BOZEMAN ENNIS BUCKS NEST
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: MADISON
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10020007
Forest or Resource Area: BEAVERHEAD
Owner: S
Impact: U
Report: LYDEN (2005) STATED THIS PLACER WAS WORKED IN 1941 BY A DRY-LAND DREDGE AND RECOVERED 49 FINE OUNCES OF GOLD.
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
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Commodity Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
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End of report. Retrieved 4/27/2024 1:15:06 PM.

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