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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
PO004870 PIKES PEAK CREEK PLACER SEE PIONEER AND GOLD CREEK PIONEER POWELL
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
DC09525 300770181 46.4989 -112.9069
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
09N 10W 30 5151028 353670 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BUTTE BUTTE NORTH ROCK CREEK LAKE
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District:
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010201
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Owner:
Impact:
Report: Listed with Gold Creek, and Pioneer placers in Krohn and Weist (1977), with total production of 246,200 ounces of gold between the years of 1852-1959. Quaternary gravel was placered by surface means. They are on the Garrison 15-min. quadrangle. From McClernan (1976): About half the gold produced from this district before dredging started in 1934 is believed to have been produced from this area. The placers occur in terrace deposits 5 to 6 feet thck. At Batterton Bar, most of the gravel in the deposit is in angular to subagular cobbles and boulder of quartzite and hornfels. The gravel parts of the deposits are well sorted and washed. Most of the gold occurs as small particles, although a few nuggets have been found. Downstream from the end of the glacial moraine, a narrow pay streak near bedrock was mined by sluicing and by drifting wherever the overburden was extensive. Later, the part of this deposit below Treadwater Bar was reworked by a dragline and washing-plant operation.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
1934 Y
1935 Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
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Commodity Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Geologic Source: Pleistocene glacial dep.
Geologic Source Ref: Loen, J.S., 1986, Origin of gold placers in the Pioneer district, Powell County, Montana:, Fort Collins, Colorado State University, M.S. thesis,, 164 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Glacial outwash; terrace deposits. Cobbles and boulders of quartzite and hornfels.
Type Ref: Loen, J.S., 1986, Origin of gold placers in the Pioneer district, Powell County, Montana:, Fort Collins, Colorado State University, M.S. thesis,, 164 p.
Unknown:
Fine: Y
Coarse:
Comments:
Size Ref: McClernan, H.G., 1976, Metallic mineral deposits of Powell County, Montana, MBMG Bulletin 98, 69 p.
Finess: 0.8838
Fineref: Loen, J.S., 1986, Origin of gold placers in the Pioneer district, Powell County, Montana:, Fort Collins, Colorado State University, M.S. thesis,, 164 p.
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Year Discovered: 1862

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