Alameda Mine

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107930
MRDS ID D004306
Record type Site
Current site name Alameda Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95919, 45.28101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 MILE SW 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 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON INTERMITANT TRIBUTARY, EQUIDISDANT BETWEEN BROWN'S GULCH AND ALDER GULCH, 2 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR CONFLUENCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAY OF 41 SHIPMENTS WAS: AU-1.64 OZ/T
Result AU-33.9 OZ/T. (1906-1915)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95919, 45.28101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 50 N
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. Harris,
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • 41 SMALL SHIPMENTS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1906 AND 1915.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, DRIFTS AND A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT., USBM. INF. CIRC. 6972, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, SCHAFER AND HART, 1933, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, M.B.M.G. MEM. 9., P. 47, 48.

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG. MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM, INF. CIRC. 6972

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references