Alahambra District

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Arsenic, Uranium, Silica, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000328
MRDS ID D009535
Record type District
Current site name Alahambra District
Alternate or previous names Golconda District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.01058, 46.3582 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position SE FROM JEFFERSON CITY. BEAVERTON CREEK BORDERS IT ON THE W; THE CRESTLINE BETWEEN DUTCHMAN AND PRICKLY PEAR CREEK TO THE N; THE CRESTLINE BETWEEN GOLCONDA AND MUSKRAT TO THE S; TO THE W IS THE W SLOPE OF THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickes(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.01058, 46.3582

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BOULDER BATHOLITH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of first production 1921
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name ALAHAMBRA DISTRICT
District name GOLCONDA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 65-7.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 240-41.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 81, 82, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 39 -40.

Beyond USGS

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