Kearsarge Mine

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294637
MAS/MILS ID 0300570171
Record type Site
Current site name Kearsarge Mine
Alternate or previous names Kearsarge-Apex, Alder Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.93026, 45.2168 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 S 003 W 23 NENWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.93026, 45.2168

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hanover Gold Co., Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., 1995 10-K, P.9,10.

  • Deposit

    HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.3-11.

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 82,1970,P15

  • Deposit

    USBM MRB 73,1952,PA-20

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, 1914, P162-163.

  • Deposit

    USBM MRB REP 73, 1952, P A-20.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE KEARSARGE AND APEX HAD BEEN PRODUCING ON AN INTERMITANT BASIS UNTIL 10/95. PROPERTY IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR DEVEL. AS AN OPEN PIT IN THE KEARSARGE-APEX AREA. PREVIOUS OWNER, KENNECOTT CORP., ESTIMATED 600,000 OZ GOLD GRADING 0.10 OZ PER ST IN THE PROPOSED PIT AREA AND A TOTAL RESOURCE OF 1.6 MILLION OZ IN THE ALDER GULCH AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-96 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references