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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
SB006448 SILVER BOW CREEK / BUTTE SUMMIT VALLEY SILVER BOW
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300930191 46.0044 -112.6111
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
03N 08W 16 5095585 375254 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BUTTE BUTTE NORTH BUTTE NORTH
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: PRV
Region District:
Ranger District:
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010201
Forest or Resource Area:
Owner: P
Impact:
Report: Plots on all private land along Silver Bow Creek.
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
1864-1867 Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
Tungsten:
Platinum:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Geologic Source: Copper-porphyry
Geologic Source Ref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
Lag:
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Gulch placer. (.640 fine according to McCulloch and others).
Type Ref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments:
Size Ref:
Finess: 0.58
Fineref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Spoil pile:
Wash pile:
Wash over:
Wash under:
Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1864

End of report. Retrieved 5/2/2024 5:09:28 PM.

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