Abandoned and Inactive Mines
The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.
| AIM Id | Name | Alternate Name | District | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA007507 | B&H MINE / B & H | BIELENBERG AND HIGGINS | TIDAL WAVE | MADISON |
| MRDS | AMLI | MILS | Latitude | Longitude | Datum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-083 | 45.5964 | -112.1389 |
| Township | Range | Section | QSection | UTM Northing | UTM Easting | UTM Zone | UTM Datum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03S | 04W | 8 | BCBA |
| Average Elevation | Elev Units | Land Owner | 250K Quad | 100K Quad | 24K Quad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | DILLON | BUTTE SOUTH | OLD BALDY MOUNTAIN |
| Property Type | Update Date | Who Updated |
|---|---|---|
| LODE | 4/9/1995 | JDL |
| Information |
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Agency: NF Region District: R1 Ranger District: JEFFERSON Forest Service Tract: Watershed Code: Forest or Resource Area: DEERLODGE Owner: P Impact: L Report: B & H Like other mines in the area, the B & H mines randomly oriented veins with from a Cretaceous monzonite stock and the surrounding Archean gneiss. The veins contain quartz, pyrite, and arsenopyrite, with minor galena, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, and are most productive where structures intersect (unpublished information, MBMG files). Some of the vein material was of very high grade, up to 6 oz/ton (Krohn and Weist, 1977). Cather and Linne (1983) suggested that this mineralization is continuous with that of the Boulder Cobalt area. The mine was worked by several companies from 1907 until 1931, and intermittantly since then until the present. It is still covered under an operating permit today. According to Cather and Linne (1983) the mine has produced over 13,800 oz of gold from 10,000 of crosscuts and drifts, 1500 feet of raises, and 400 feet of winzes. Most past production came from an adit 500 feet above the lower portal. The productive Pete and Joe vein was also explored by workings from the B & H, and the Pete and Joe is considered to be part of the B & H deposit. A large-volume discharge issues from the lower adit, and combines with waters from Bear Creek, the Pete and Joe disharge, and the Bear Gulch Adit Cluster disharge, before leaving private land and entering the national forest. A flotation mill (Lorain, 1937) operated below the lower adit, and tailings were allowed to flow downstream 1/2 mile to a floodplain where they were settled. As an interesting diversion, the mill and buildings at the lower adit were built in a major avalanche path which desends over 2000 feet from the top of APA Mountain. Snowslides have shut down operations numerous times in the past, and they have destroyed buildings and equipment. |
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Mill Tailings: N Adit Discharge: Y Metal Leaching: N Water Erosion: Y Residence: N Hazardous Materials: N Open Adit: N Visit: Y Comments: OPERATING PERMIT; LONN; 10/92 |
End of report. Retrieved 4/30/2024 9:51:51 PM.
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