Alps District

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Pumice, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000329
MRDS ID D009536
Record type District
Current site name Alps District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.59533, 46.60409 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. THE DRAINAGE AREA OF BREWSTER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Pumice Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name ALPS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES RI 6334, P. 12-16.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 35-7.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

Beyond USGS

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