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Prospect Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019841
MRDS ID DC11684
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.96419, 45.28934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1 MILE WEST 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

Virginia City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 003W 27 NW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WEST SLOPE OF INTERMITTANT TRIBUTARY OF ALDER GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Gangue
Covellite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.96419, 45.28934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60-70NE
    Thickness 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: N. END OF PROSPECT-EXCELSIOR VEIN; SULFIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City (Alder Gulch)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia City Gold Mining, Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1350 FT ADIT, 150 FT SHAFT BELOW MAIN LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANSLET, HART, 1933, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, MBMG. MEM. 9, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S., 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT, USBM. I.C. 6972, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL, MEM. 15, 1935, P 54.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-24-1963

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG. MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM IC 6972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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