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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
MR008499 SHAFT SEC 35/9N/8E CASTLE MOUNTAIN MEAGHER
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
46.4917 -110.6911
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
09N 08E 35 CCCB
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F WHITE SULPHUR RINGLING CASTLE TOWN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 6/3/1998 PAH
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: MUSSELSHELL
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Watershed Code: 10040201
Forest or Resource Area: LEWIS AND CLARK
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: This property consists of a 10ft by 12ft board on board shack over a third shaft or prospect pit. None of the shaft were over 20ft deep; the dumps are small. The third shaft or prospect with the cabin over it has dark gray shales over it while the one to the west has Diorite Porhyry. The shales have micro-veinlets < 1or2 mm in a stock work with pyrite on the fractures.
Screening Criteria Table
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Visit: Y
Comments: SHACK OR MINE BUILDING OVER A THIRD SHAFT OR PROSPECT. PHOTOS 55-23; 24.
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 5/8/1998
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