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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
PO004840 OPHIR CREEK (1) / OPHIR GULCH PRAIRIE BAR OPHIR POWELL
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
DC09602 300770175 46.7208 -112.5458
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
11N 08W 12 5175084 381863 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 2/6/1995 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: BLM
Region District: BUTTE
Ranger District:
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010201
Forest or Resource Area: MISSOULA
Owner: M
Impact:
Report: Ophir Creek PO004840 Screened out because of lack of information; this is probably the same as the other Ophir Creek placers (it isn't even in the Ophir Creek drainage).
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: NO SITE VISIT; PROBABLY A DUPLICATE LOCATION FOR THE OTHER OPHIR CREEK LOCATIONS.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
1939 Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver: Y
Titanium:
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Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Dingman, O.A., 1932, Placer-mining possibilities in Montana, MBMG Memoir 5, 33 p.
Geologic Source: Ophir lode deposits
Geologic Source Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Lag: Y
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Alluvial and residual placer deposits in Tertiary & Quaternary sedimentary deposits along the margin of the Avon basin.
Type 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.
Unknown:
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Coarse:
Comments:
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.
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Year Discovered: 1860's
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
Date: 9/1/1994
Photos Available?:
Access:
Nearest Wetlands/Bog:
Drainage Basin: OPHIR CREEK
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End of report. Retrieved 5/1/2024 6:52:16 AM.

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