Alabama-Cleveland Mine

Prospect in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Manganese, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124776
MAS/MILS ID 0300590002
Record type Site
Current site name Alabama-Cleveland Mine
Alternate or previous names Alabama-Cleveland, Manger Manganese

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.84254, 46.48521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manger Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 007 E 03 NESWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Gravel

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Length 21M
    Width 18M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.01HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .01
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Castle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elmer Hanson
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7540, 1950, P. 27-28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-92 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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