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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
MN006051 MEADOW CREEK PLACER MEADOW CREEK MINERAL
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
DC08461 300610095 47.0428 -114.8272
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
15N 25W 24 5211990 665057 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: may be the same as the Big Nugget placer MN005963
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: PLACER.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
UNK Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
Tungsten:
Platinum:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Geologic Source: Metasedimentary shear
Geologic Source Ref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Gulch placer. Metasedimentary shear-zone hosted gold. (23)
Type Ref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments:
Size Ref:
Finess: 0.984
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: 1872

End of report. Retrieved 5/3/2024 11:45:57 PM.

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