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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
PO004985 OLD SHOE NO 1 PLACER ROAT'S PLACER FINN POWELL
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300770173 46.8156 -112.6322
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
12N 08W 8 5185742 375480 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BUTTE ELLISTON FINN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: LINCOLN
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010203
Forest or Resource Area: HELENA
Owner: M
Impact:
Report: Patented claims near where this mine plots; inaccurate location. Listed in Hansen (1971) as status - unknown. Owner/operator A.H. Roat and sons, Alberton, MT.
Screening Criteria Table
Information
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Open Adit:
Visit: N
Comments: SCREENED OUT: PLACER; NO SITE VISIT.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
UNK
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
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Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Hansen, Miller, 1971, Directory of Mining Enterprises for 1970 with a list of coal mines, 1970, MBMG Bulletin 82, p. 23-24
Geologic Source:
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Unknown:
Fine:
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Rank Table
Information
Investigator: J. LONN
Date:
Photos Available?:
Access:
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Sensitive Environments within 2 miles of Site or 15 miles Downstream:
Population within 0-0.25 miles:
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Public Interest:

End of report. Retrieved 4/28/2024 12:59:57 AM.

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