Alport Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094758
MRDS ID DB02165
Record type Site
Current site name Alport Mine
Alternate or previous names All Port Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27727, 46.22907 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 005W 31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization And Impregnation With Pyrite

Analytical data

Result AT 100FT LEVEL ASSAY $16/TON AU&AG (1900'S)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27727, 46.22907

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N36E
    Dip 90
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHWEST EXTENSION HAS QUARTZ VEINS WITH CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF TOURMALINE, THAT HAVE BEEN BRECCIATED AND RECEMENTED BY CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Allport Mining Co.
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 33.53M
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, SHORT LEVELS, BELOW 55FT LEVEL UNDER WATER (1911)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON 100FT LEVEL VEIN IS SAID TO BE 12FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references