Adams Brothers Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294765
MAS/MILS ID 0300770278
Record type Site
Current site name Adams Brothers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.38979, 46.4668 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison Mountain(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

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 006 W 05 SWSW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 7 MILES UP TELEGRAPH ROAD, RIGHT 2 MILES JULIA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.38979, 46.4668

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Adams Brothers Construction
    ID 2401573
    Home office Montana
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED OCT 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-96 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 07/01/1981
MSHA mine ID2401573
Mine name (MSHA)Adams Brothers Mine
Current operatorAdams Brothers Construction
Current controller (parent)Alva L Adams
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.

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