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Alhambra

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010529
MRDS ID D004287
Record type Site
Current site name Alhambra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.98003, 45.21796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 5.5 MILES SSW OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cirque Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 003W 16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECTS LOCATED ON WEST SLOPE OF HILL OVER LOOKING BARTON GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.98003, 45.21796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City (Barton Gulch)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jay Alder
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN, ONE SHIPMENT WAS $12 TO $35 ORE (1937)

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON, CO, MONT, USBM. INF. CIRC. 6972, P. 57

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM, INF. CIRC. 697

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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