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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
PK002310 BEAR CREEK PLACER UNORGANIZED PARK
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300670087 45.0558 -110.6461
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
09S 09E 17 4988996 527865 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BOZEMAN GARDINER GARDINER
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 2/7/2000 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: GARDINER
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10070001
Forest or Resource Area: GALLATIN
Owner: M
Impact: U
Report: The placer here was described in Lyden (1948) and he shows it stretching from Jardine down to the confluence of Bear Creek and the Yellowstone River. It was worked in the 1800's and little work has been done since. It was technically screened out but the general area was visited and no adverse effects were noted.
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: Y
Comments: SCREENED OUT: PLACER, VISITED GENERAL AREA, NO EFFECTS
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
1866-1884 Y
1884 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: Gold-qtz veins; Homestake
Geologic Source Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Alluvial.
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: 0.884
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:
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