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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
RA002216 HUGHES GULCH / HUGHS CREEK HUGHES CREEK RAVALLI
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
W026562 41-019 300810008 45.6031 -114.1514
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
03S 21W 2 5053675 722151 11
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F ELK CITY NEZ PERCE PASS HENDERSON RIDGE
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 1/17/2001 CBM
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
SILVER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: WEST FORK
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010205
Forest or Resource Area: BITTERROOT
Owner: P
Impact: U
Report: Hughes Gulch Placers (RA002216) The Hughes Gulch (or Creek) placers were recently the target of mining activity (McCulloch, 2001) and a portion of them (about 11 acres) was reclaimed by the USFS.
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: Y
Comments: 11 ACRES RECLAIMED BY USFS 1996, PLACER. TAILINGS EXTENT MARKED ON TOPO.
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
Tungsten:
Platinum:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Dingman, O.A., 1932, Placer-mining possibilities in Montana, MBMG Memoir 5, 33 p.
Geologic Source:
Geologic Source Ref:
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Also recovered tin (cassiterite). Quaternary-age gold and gravel; gold occurs in thin flakes in pay streaks 1-2 ft thick on a clay layer above bedrock. Source of gold is paleoplacer deposit on a ridge between Hughes and Overwich Creek.
Type Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1993, Montana Mining Directory 1992, MBMG Bulletin 131, 76 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: Floating plant consisting of vibrating screen and sluices. <5 acres disturbed; 1 acre reclaimed. All reclaimed in 1994-1996. (14).
Size Ref: McCulloch, R.B., 1993, Montana Mining Directory 1992, MBMG Bulletin 131, 76 p.
Finess:
Fineref:
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1860's

End of report. Retrieved 5/2/2024 2:20:50 PM.

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