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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
MR003042 VERMONT GULCH PLACER UNKNOWN MEAGHER
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300590139 46.6658 -111.3944
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
11N 03E 31 5167887 469824 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F WHITE SULPHUR CANYON FERRY DM WHITES CITY
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District:
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10030103
Forest or Resource Area: HELENA
Owner: M
Impact:
Report: McCulloch (1993) states "pay streak is 80 ft across; values are spotty. Black sands contain magnetite and cinnabar. Deposit may be colluvial and is weathering out of west-trending, small to medium-size quartz veins."
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:
Geologic Source Ref:
Lag: Y
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Quaternary placer deposit in glacial outwash; pay streak is 80 ft across, between a lateral moraine and outcrop; values are spotty. Black sands contain magnetite and cinnabar. Deposit may be colluvial and is weathering out of west-trending, small- to medium-size quartz veins.
Type Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1991, Montana Mining Directory 1989-1990, MBMG Bulletin 129, 146 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: Trommel to jig to sluice. Open cut. 2-3 acres disturbance in 1990; 5 reclaimed in 1991. 100% public mineral ownership.
Size Ref:
Finess:
Fineref:
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1979

End of report. Retrieved 5/4/2024 6:16:46 AM.

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