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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
PO009145 GOLD HILL AREA SQUAW GULCH, KELLEY, IRVINE PIONEER POWELL
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
46.4917 -112.9278
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
09N 11W 36 C
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
BUTTE BUTTE NORTH ROCK CREEK LAKE
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Agency Info Table
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Agency: NF
Region District: R1
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Watershed Code: 17010201
Forest or Resource Area: DEERLODGE
Owner: P
Impact:
Report: Summary from McClernan (1976): The Gold Hill area was worked extensively in the Squaw Gulch pit during the early days of mining in Powell County. Pardee (1951, p. 87) noted that the drift consists of an "unsorted mass of boulders, cobbles, sand, and clay". The gold was recovered in "pay streaks" enclosed by barren gravel. The pay streaks are lenticular bodies of iron-stained gravel 5 to 12 feet thick. The Kelley and Irvine pit was reported (Pardee, 1951, p. 87) to ahve produced approximately $20,000 in gold, but the production from the Squaw Gulch pit is thought to have been much greater.
Screening Criteria Table
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Visit: N
Comments: PLACER ON PRIVATE LAND
Placer Table
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Gold: Y
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Commodity 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.
Geologic Source: Pay streaks in drift
Geologic Source Ref: McClernan, H.G., 1976, Metallic mineral deposits of Powell County, Montana, MBMG Bulletin 98, 69 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Bench placer
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.
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