Lewis and Clark County's Last Chance Gulch district was one of Montana's greatest gold camps during the 1860s–1890s, producing gold from both hard-rock lodes and rich placer deposits. The Tenmile Creek and Little Prickly Pear drainages remain productive; modern prospectors have identified paleochannel deposits in valley bottoms. Recent geological work has confirmed under-explored mineralized corridors in the Gates of the Mountains. The BLM Helena Field Office administers federal claims; Helena serves as the regional mining hub.
The nearest mapped access corridor, osm:5738678 (mapped off-road route), lies approximately 719 feet from this claim's centroid. off-road vehicle clearance is required. Vehicle staging is feasible directly adjacent to the claim boundary.
194 active claims surround Big Money 6 within a 7-mile radius. The estimated open aliquot count is approximate — use the live map for precise 20-acre resolution.
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Big Money 6 is a 0-acre Lode Claim in Lewis and Clark County, Montana (MT), filed under BLM serial number MT106322143 in the Bureau of Land Management Mining Location Record System.
The legal description places this claim at T.130N., R.70W., Sec. 15, NW within the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). The aliquot designation identifies the specific 20-acre sub-parcel.
Under the General Mining Act of 1872 (30 U.S.C. § 22), claims on federal land are maintained by filing the annual maintenance fee or performing assessment work. Current BLM status: Active. 194 additional active claims exist within 7 miles.
To find open federal land adjacent to Big Money 6, AuthoriProspector overlays live BLM claims at 20-acre aliquot precision alongside USGS MRDS historic mine markers, BLM wilderness boundaries, and military no-go zones.
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