Beaverhead County, Montana has 16,840 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 836 records of mines listed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Quick Facts
- 16,840 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 888 active mining claims
- 15,952 closed mining claims
- 836 USGS records of mines in Beaverhead County, Montana.
- Silver , Gold , Copper , Lead , and Zinc mines located in Beaverhead County, Montana. See All
Claims Summary
in Beaverhead County, Montana
- 16,840 Total
- 888 Active
- 15,952 Closed
Mines Summary
in Beaverhead County, Montana
- 836 Total
- 273 Occurrences
- 229 Prospects
- 7 Plants
- 327 Producers
Beaverhead County Mine Locations
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Recently Updated Mining Claims
Most recently updated claims in Beaverhead.
Mining Claims (BLM)
Beaverhead County, Montana has 16,840 mining claims on public land listed in The Diggings™. Of these claims, 5.27% are active while 94.73% are now closed.
Quick BLM Facts
- 16,840 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 888 records of active mining claims
- 15,952 records of closed mining claims
Mine By Disposition
In Beaverhead
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| closed | 15952 |
| active | 888 |
Beaverhead County, Montana Trends Overview
January 2021 vs. January 2020
January 2021
January 2020
Net
Change
Opened Claims
0
13
13
100%
Opened Acres
0
262
262.63
100%
Transfered Claims
0
5
5
100%
Transfered Acres
0
103
103.29
100%
Located Claims
0
13
13
100%
Located Acres
0
262
262.63
100%
Mining Trends
Historic Mining Records (USGS)
Beaverhead has 836 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Beaverhead mines are Silver , Gold , and Copper . At the time these mines were surveyed, 273 mines in Beaverhead were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine.1 Beaverhead has 229 prospect mines.2 327 mines were in production at the time the data was entered into USGS records.
Quick USGS Facts
- 836 records of mines in Beaverhead County, Montana.
- 229 records of prospects
- 273 records of mineral occurrences of observable ore mineralization.
- 7 records of mining plants
- 327 records of mineral producers
Mine By Disposition
In Beaverhead
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| Producers | 327 |
| Occurrences | 273 |
| Prospects | 229 |
| Other | 7 |
Top Commodities
in Beaverhead County, Montana
- Silver (482)
- Gold (450)
- Copper (348)
- Lead (327)
- Zinc (174)
- Tungsten (83)
- Thorium (83)
- Uranium (78)
- Molybdenum (63)
- Fluorine-Fluorite (53)
1 Grade, tonnage, and extent of mineralization for such mines are unspecified.
2 Such mines have some degree of development such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping to estimate grade and tonnage.
Popular Public Lands & Regions
in Beaverhead County, Montana
Land TypeTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Beaverhead National Forest
National Forests
9,145
267
8,878
5,703.34
348
133
71
2
142
Deerlodge National Forest
National Forests
80
0
80
0
0
0
0
0
0
Anaconda Pintler Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
52
0
52
0
1
1
0
0
0
Bitterroot National Forest
National Forests
43
0
43
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gallatin National Forest
National Forests
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Salmon National Forest
National Forests
1
0
1
0
10
5
1
0
4
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ashley National Forest
National Forests
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Helena National Forest
National Forests
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
High Uintas Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Top Mining Districts
in Beaverhead County, Montana
StateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Ruby Range Mining District
Montana
223
223
0
4,387.65
43
5
31
0
7
Bannack Mining District
Montana
80
80
0
3,624.66
36
3
12
0
21
Argenta Mining District
Montana
157
145
12
3,229.72
123
25
28
1
69
Chinatown Mining District
Montana
79
52
27
1,078.63
16
4
7
0
5
Bloody Dick Mining District
Montana
68
64
4
947.20
13
2
2
0
9
Baldy Mountain Mining District
Montana
46
44
2
897.16
48
14
21
0
13
Elkhorn-Neihart Mining District
Montana
41
33
8
759.14
33
13
7
0
13
Quartz Hill-Vipond Mining District
Montana
42
35
7
701.3
44
17
5
0
22
Blue Wing Mining District
Montana
29
29
0
597.16
46
7
9
2
28
Lost Creek-Rock Creek Mining District
Montana
27
26
1
537.16
16
1
8
0
7
Top Owners
in Beaverhead County, Montana
CityStateCategoryInterest RelationshipTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive Acres
Bon Accord Ventures
Eureka
Montana
Corporation
Claimant
16
16
0
2,305.06
Ruby Graphite Holding LLC
Phoenix
Arizona
Corporation
Claimant
96
96
0
1,763.83
Montana Mining LLC
Dillon
Montana
Corporation
Claimant
85
69
16
1,425.54
Kennecott Exploration Co.
Salt Lake City
Utah
Corporation
Claimant
98
56
42
1,156.96
Ethos Geological Inc.
Bozeman
Montana
Corporation
Claimant
64
64
0
947.2
Popular Towns, Cities, Etc.
in Beaverhead County, Montana
CountyStateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Lakeview
Beaverhead
Montana
2,687
793
1,894
16,368.29
36
8
10
0
18
Monida
Beaverhead
Montana
1,793
754
1,039
15,573.54
16
3
7
0
6
Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
7,394
676
6,718
15,337.57
392
74
142
3
173
Bannack
Beaverhead
Montana
7,550
439
7,111
11,441.75
378
91
112
3
172
Polaris
Beaverhead
Montana
9,243
431
8,812
10,346.07
414
106
107
4
197
Dewey
Beaverhead
Montana
10,068
524
9,544
10,098.98
340
66
76
6
192
Grant
Beaverhead
Montana
5,857
394
5,463
9,876.95
290
64
81
2
143
Glen
Beaverhead
Montana
11,814
469
11,345
9,667.07
453
93
93
4
263
Wise River
Beaverhead
Montana
7,881
382
7,499
7,688.42
240
63
57
6
114
Red Rock
Beaverhead
Montana
2,898
192
2,706
6,049.53
167
43
57
2
65
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