Beal Dyke Placer

Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197802
MAS/MILS ID 0300930200
Record type Site
Current site name Beal Dyke Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.8423, 46.00549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Opportunity(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 N 010 W 16 SESESE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: 17.0 MI SW OF BUTTE IN GERMAN GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.8423, 46.00549

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Beal Mining Co.
    ID 2401642
    Home office P O Box 4048, Butte, Mt 59701
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED NOV 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/04/2001
MSHA mine ID2401642
Mine name (MSHA)BEAL MOUNTIAN MINE
Current operatorBeal Mountain Mining Inc
Current controller (parent)Apollo Gold Corporation
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

Open MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System for inspections, accidents, and violations for this mine.