Alps Mine

Unknown in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173292
MAS/MILS ID 0300390310
Record type Site
Current site name Alps Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.58343, 46.58739 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spink Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 016 W 26 NWSWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.58343, 46.58739

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-59.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 27.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors THERE WERE NO TAILINGS ON-SITE. THERE WAS ONE DISCHARGING ADIT THAT DID NOT HAVE A SURFACE ROUTE TO WATER. THE SAMPLE FROM THE ADIT HAD A PH MEASURED AT 4.13. THERE WERE NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS EXCEEDED. THE NEAREST SURFACE WATER WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET FROM THE SITE. NO SURFACE WATER OR SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED. THERE WAS ONE OPEN SHAFT AND TWO OPEN ADITS ON-SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1994 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references