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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
MI009127 BUDDY ELLIS PLACER / B & S FAVORITE GULCH NINEMILE MISSOULA
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
47.1468 -114.4932
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
16N 23W 15
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
WALLACE PLAINS MC CORMICK PEAK
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: NINEMILE
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010204
Forest or Resource Area: LOLO
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: Quote from McCulloch (1997), MBMG MC18, "Located at the mouth of Favorite Gulch on McCormick Creek, the Buddy Ellis placer continued operations through 1994, 1995, and 1996. The pay gravel is overlain by 4-5 feet of Glacial Lake Missoula clays and is under lain by the altered shale of the Prichard Formation. Assays are inconsistent but run up to 0.02 oz/ton gold in portions of the shale. The higher values may be associated with late-stage quartz veining. During 1994 and 1995, a trench was cut across the deposit and resources of auriferous gravel were exposed. The gravel section is approximately 8-10 ft thick and is exposed 60 ft on one side and 100 ft on the other side. A visible zone of manganese staining in the gravel represents an older aquifer surface. Some of the fine gold is coated with the manganese that lowers recovery rates. Ore processing has been steady to slow."
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings: N
Adit Discharge: N
Metal Leaching: N
Water Erosion: N
Residence: N
Hazardous Materials: N
Open Adit: N
Visit: N
Comments: MOUTH OF FAVORITE GULCH
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: Alluvial gravel/qtz vn
Geologic Source Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1991, Montana Mining Directory 1989-1990, MBMG Bulletin 129, 146 p.
Lag: Y
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Alluvial placer gold deposit; source may be near a range-front fault; placer concentrates contain galena, gold and quartz; false bedrock presumed to be red and gray fault gouge (11). Bedrock is hydrothermally altered. (12). Pay gravel is overlain by 4-5 ft of Glacial Lake Missoula clays and underlain by altered shale of the Prichard Formation (14). Alluvium over gold-bearing bedrock (14).
Type Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1991, Montana Mining Directory 1989-1990, MBMG Bulletin 129, 146 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: Open cut, 3-4 acres, portable wash plant (trommel and sluice). 1 acre disturbed, 4 acres reclaimed. 100% public mineral ownership.
Size Ref:
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Fineref:
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
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Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1800's

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