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 montana map.
Anyone who is interested in visiting sapphire mountains can print the free topographic map and street map using the link above.
Cities rivers lakes mountains and other features shown in this image include.
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.
We will provide everything you need to find your own montana sapphires.
Sapphire mountains is displayed on the elk mountain usgs quad topo map.
This is a landsat geocover 2000 satellite image map of montana.
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.
Montana territories sapphire mining.
100 natural sapphire gemstones with an extensive selection of carat weight size and cut you ll find both loose faceted stones and rough heat treated stones in blue yellow orange pink and more.
A map of the state of montana.
The sapphire mountains are a range of mountains located in southwestern montana in the northwestern united states.
A fisherman tries his luck on rock creek a blue ribbon trout stream and popular recreation area in the sapphire mountains.
For first time visitors a single bucket will take one person approximately 45 minutes wash.
Gravel bucket quantities single bucket.
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.
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.
To the folks in missoula it is just um s mountain with the big m on it.
We have the best equipment and a fantastic staff.
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.
Gem mountain sapphire mine is slightly over an hour s drive from butte or missoula.
Sapphire production in montana was at least initially a byproduct of the gold rushes of the 1860s.
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