Alice Lode

Prospect in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  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 10022800
MRDS ID FS00280
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Lode
Related records 10221886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26061, 46.48268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position ON TEN MILE CREEK A SHORT DISTANCE FROM RIMINI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1950 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONTAINS A WELL DEFINED ZONE OF TOURMALINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26061, 46.48268

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Depth to bottom 4.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1909

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. R. Roscow

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 7.272HA

Comments on the workings information

  • TYPICAL TIMBERED MINING SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1927 DIREXPL USF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.