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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
PO002156 DOUGLAS CREEK PLACER TOP O'DEEP POWELL
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300770302 46.8311 -113.2253
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
12N 13W 3 A 5190093 283449 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BUTTE MISSOULA EAST WILD HORSE PARKS
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: MISSOULA
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10040103
Forest or Resource Area: LOLO
Owner: M
Impact:
Report: Mined by an open-cut, 50-75 cu. yd. per day, with 400-500 cu. yd. per day waste, 4 acres disturbed, 0.5 acres reclaimed, start 1989 to 1992+, operator - Tykie Kriticos; owner - Bill Wheeler, Missoula (McCulloch, 1992). Mined by trommel and sluice.
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: PLACER; REFERENCE FROM LYDEN (1948). DOUGLAS CREEK WORKED INTERMITTENTLY; BILK AND WEASEL GULCHES.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
1990-1991 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: Contact-metamorphic skarn
Geologic Source Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Quaternary alluvium.
Type Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1991, Montana Mining Directory 1989-1990, MBMG Bulletin 129, 146 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: Open cut, 3-4 acres disturbed in 1990; 4 acres in 1991, with 0.5 acres reclaimed; trommel and sluices. 100% public mineral ownership.
Size Ref:
Finess:
Fineref:
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1865

End of report. Retrieved 5/3/2024 8:05:11 PM.

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