Alice Lode

Prospect in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022798
MRDS ID FS00277
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Lode
Related records 10293652

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.70309, 46.3774 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position FIFTEEN MILES W, NW OF TOWNSEND, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
007N 001W 10,11,12 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism Of Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith, Granite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith, Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.70309, 46.3774

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Between Granite Intrusions And Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Winston (Beaver Gluch)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dance, Al

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 147.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT HAS NOT BEEN OPEN FOR YEARS, AIR IS UNSAFE

Comments on development

  • NO SAMPLES HAD BEEN TAKEN, HOWEVER THERE IS COMMERCIAL ORE ON DUMPSITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLDER LIMESTONE IS FOLDED AND OVERLAIN BY VOLCANIC TUFF, BRECCIA, PORPHORY. SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCK SHOW SIGNS OF HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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