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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
MN006047 QUARTZ CREEK PLACERS QUARTZ CREEK MINERAL
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
W026564 31-090A 300610094 47.0108 -114.8164
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
15N 25W 31 5208463 665979 11
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F WALLACE PLAINS LOZEAU
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 6/30/2000 CBM
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: NINEMILE
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010204
Forest or Resource Area: LOLO
Owner: M
Impact: U
Report: Mostly private with patented placer claims surrounded by Forest. Placer gold mined from an open cut with a screen deck and sluice. Placer gravel consists of Quaternary alluvium. Operated in the 1990's by Richard Beeman (McCulloch, 2001). Lower Quartz Creek active in 2009 through late summer by John Hageman and son; all disturbances reclaimed after known reserves exhausted (McCulloch, 2010). "Near Superior, Hageman Construction completed mining for placer gold on the Calumet claim in Quartz Creek and has now moved to lower Quartz Creek. They are finding good values in gravels adjacent to previously mined ground." McCulloch 2010.
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: SCREENED OUT: PLACERS, GENERAL LOCATION.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
UNK Y Y Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
Tungsten:
Platinum:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Dingman, O.A., 1932, Placer-mining possibilities in Montana, MBMG Memoir 5, 33 p.
Geologic Source: Gold-bearing veins
Geologic Source Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Stream and bench gravels; heavy in magnetite. (14) Quaternary alluvium (14). Meta-sedimentary shear-zone hosted gold (?) Gulch placer. (23).
Type Ref: Dingman, O.A., 1932, Placer-mining possibilities in Montana, MBMG Memoir 5, 33 p.
Unknown:
Fine: Y
Coarse:
Comments: (Arbitrary) "the gold is small and flakey". (14) Screen deck and sluice (14). 100% private mineral ownership.
Size Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 2001, Montana Mining Directory - 1995-1998, MBMG Miscellaneous Contribution 18, 136 p.
Finess: 0.972
Fineref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1869

End of report. Retrieved 5/4/2024 8:29:39 AM.

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