Sapphire Mountains Montana Map

Gem mountain sapphire mine is slightly over an hour s drive from butte or missoula.

Sapphire mountains montana map.

We will provide everything you need to find your own montana sapphires. Montana farm land pioneer mountains purcell mountains rocky mountains sapphire mountains swan range tobacco root mountains whitefish range. The sapphire mountains in southwestern montana though not the tallest range in the area still boast a number of peaks above 8 000 ft including its highest point kent peak 8 999 ft. A fisherman tries his luck on rock creek a blue ribbon trout stream and popular recreation area in the sapphire mountains.

From a point near the clark fork river and the city of missoula they run in a southerly direction for a distance of approximately 60 miles 100 km making up much of the border between ravalli county to the west and granite. Sapphire mountains is displayed on the elk mountain usgs quad topo map. Sapphire mountains is in the ranges category for ravalli county in the state of montana. A map of the state of montana.

From interstate 90 take montana highway 1 the pintler scenic route to the junction of montana highway 38 skalkaho pass road six miles south of philipsburg then 16 miles west to our driveway 21 sapphire gulch lane. We have the best equipment and a fantastic staff. Gravel bucket quantities single bucket. Sapphire production in montana was at least initially a byproduct of the gold rushes of the 1860s.

Early prospectors searching for gold in the gravel of the missouri river repeatedly discarded the annoying blue pebbles that continually clogged their sluices without much thought to what they may be. Sapphire mountains the sapphire mountains are a range of mountains located in southwestern montana in the northwestern united states from a point near the clark fork river and the city of missoula they run in a southerly direction for a distance of approximately 60 miles making up much of the border between ravalli county and granite county. For first time visitors a single bucket will take one person approximately 45 minutes wash. Photo by the rick and susie graetz seemingly towering above the university of montana campus mount sentinel s actual rise is only 5 158 feet.

To the folks in missoula it is just um s mountain with the big m on it. Montana territories sapphire mining. With a long logging history the sapphires mountain range is interspersed with an extensive road system. The sapphire mountains are a range of mountains located in southwestern montana in the northwestern united states.

This is a landsat geocover 2000 satellite image map of montana. Anyone who is interested in visiting sapphire mountains can print the free topographic map and street map using the link above.