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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
PO004630 CARPENTER CREEK / CARPENTER GULCH CARPENTER'S BAR OPHIR POWELL
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
DC09600 300770134 46.65 -112.5253
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
10N 07W 6 5167182 383282 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BUTTE ELLISTON OPHIR CREEK
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
1934-1935 Y
1980'S Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver: Y
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: Blackfoot City skarn
Geologic Source Ref: Loen, J.S., 1990, Lode and placer gold deposits in the Ophir District, Powell & Lewis and Clark counties, Montana, Ph.D. dissertation, Colorado State Unviersity, Fort Collins, CO, 268 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Both bench and creek placers. Loen (1990) described remnant terrace dsposits.
Type Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: Yuba dredge. Wash plant.
Size Ref:
Finess: 0.945
Fineref: Loen, J.S., 1990, Lode and placer gold deposits in the Ophir District, Powell & Lewis and Clark counties, Montana, Ph.D. dissertation, Colorado State Unviersity, Fort Collins, CO, 268 p.
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1865

End of report. Retrieved 5/1/2024 2:47:39 AM.

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