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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
SB007655 GERMAN GULCH (SIBERIA) SIBERIA SILVER BOW
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
W026570 47-005 45.955 -112.8811
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
02N 10W 5 BCCC
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
7060 DILLON BUTTE SOUTH DICKIE PEAK
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
PLACER 3/31/1995 PAH
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: BUTTE
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010201
Forest or Resource Area: DEERLODGE
Owner: P
Impact: U
Report:
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: PLACER
Mining Methods Table
Years Dredge dry land Dredge float Ground sluicing Boom dam Drifting Hydraulic Pan rocker Long Tom Mercury
1870-1900 Y
UNK Y
UNK3 Y
Placer Table
Information
Gold: Y
Silver:
Titanium:
Rare Earth Elements:
Sapphire:
Garnet:
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Platinum:
Magnetite:
Hematite:
Pyrite:
Commodity Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Geologic Source: Quartzites; Skarn gold
Geologic Source Ref: Fredlund, Lynn, Decco, Dale, Munson, Gene, and Hourston-Wright, Jean,, 1991, Archeological investigations in the German Gulch Historic District (25SB212). A historic Chinese and Euroamerican placer mining area in southwestern Montana., GCM Services Inc. Butte MT report for Beal Mountain Mining, Inc. A subsidiary of Pegasus Gold Corporation., 223 p.
Lag: Y
Transported: Y
Type Comments: Creek, bench, residual. Gulch placer.
Type Ref: Fredlund, Lynn, Decco, Dale, Munson, Gene, and Hourston-Wright, Jean,, 1991, Archeological investigations in the German Gulch Historic District (25SB212). A historic Chinese and Euroamerican placer mining area in southwestern Montana., GCM Services Inc. Butte MT report for Beal Mountain Mining, Inc. A subsidiary of Pegasus Gold Corporation., 223 p.
Unknown:
Fine:
Coarse:
Comments: Small-scale sluicing, booming or cutting by hydraulic giants.
Size Ref: Lyden, C.J., 1948, The Gold Placers of Montana, MBMG Memoir 26, 152 p.
Finess: 0.905
Fineref: McCulloch, Robin, Lewis, Bob, Keill, Don, and Shumaker, Matthew,, 2003, Applied gold placer exploration and evaluation techniques, MBMG Special Publication 115, 267 p.
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Waste Ref:
Year Discovered: 1864
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: J. LONN
Date: 9/1/1992
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End of report. Retrieved 5/1/2024 3:55:18 AM.

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