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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
SB006376 MOOSE CREEK PLACER UPPER MOOSE CREEK PLACER MOOSE CREEK SILVER BOW
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
D009992 300930301 45.7792 -112.5772
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
01S 08W 3 BDDC 5070503 377383 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F DILLON BUTTE SOUTH MOUNT HUMBUG
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 5/24/1995 JMZ
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
CALCIUM
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: BUTTE
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10020004
Forest or Resource Area: DEERLODGE
Owner: P
Impact:
Report: "…only intermittently productive and not exceedingly rich" …."It is estimated that several hundred thousand dollars have been recovered from the gravels of Moose Creek and its tributaries since the first discovery of placer gold in 1866…….. Since 1904, definitely assigned production has been reported in 1932 when one claim yielded placer gold valued at $166 and again in 1934 when two claims yielded a total of $106 in gold." Lyden, 1948. Some of the placer ground lies on patented claims in sec. 3 and 10, T.1S., R.8W. These claims are surrounded by BLM land. From a map in the MBMG mineral property files, this property includes the Ruby placer (Sur. No. 6329), Lulu placer (Sur. No. 6670), and Eureka placer (Sur. No. 6330). It is in secs. 32, 33, T.1S., R.9W. and secs. 4, 5, T.2S., R.9W.
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: SCREENED IN OFFICE; 9/92; J. LONN; MBMG
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
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Commodity Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Geologic Source: Quartz veins/aplite dikes
Geologic Source Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
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Year Discovered: 1866

End of report. Retrieved 5/2/2024 4:50:09 AM.

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