| Deposit ID | 10172793 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300570068 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alder Gulch Project |
| Alternate or previous names | Kearsarge Mine, Apex Mine, Kearsarge-Apex Shear Zone |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.95306, 45.2282 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Madison(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cirque Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ruby(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Madison |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -111.95306, 45.2282 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Mining method | Open Pit |
| Plant type | Leach |
| District name | Virginia City District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hanover Gold Co., Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Idaho |
| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Royalstar Resources Ltd. |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1997 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 5443108mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300570068 |
HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., 1995 10-K, P.9,10
HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE NO. 9610, 11/18/96.
RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P.463.
HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. 8/5/96. 1P.
HANOVER FIST CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. "HANOVER GOLD COM-
PLETES MERGER WITH TWO GOLD COMPANIES. 10/15/96. 1P.
HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.3-11.
HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. 3/19/96. 2P.
MINING RECORD. V106/N13."KENNECOT WITHDDRAWS FROM ALDER
GULCH JOINT VENTURE". 3/29/95. P1.
HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. "HANOVER GOLD ACQUIRES
TABOR CLAIMS: REDUCES RENTAL AND ROYALTY OBLIGATIONS".
4/4/96. 1P.
HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. " HANOVER GOLD UNDER-
TAKES DRILLING PROGRAM". 9/3/96. 1P.
THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #43, OCT., 23, 1996, P5.
THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, $49, DEC, 4, 1996, P17.
ROYALSTAR RESOURCES LTD. PRESS RELEASE, 1-20-97.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE EXPLORATION PROGRAM CONSISTING OF DRILLING, MAPPING, AND GEOPHYSICS WAS COMPLETED ON THE KING OF KINGS PROPERTY SITUATED IN ALDER GULCH. MINERALIZATION IN THE KEARSARGE ZONE (WHICH STRADDLES THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN KING OF KINGS AND HANOVER GOLD CO.) CONSISTS OF FREE AU IN HIGH GRADE, STRATA- BOUND LODES AND LOWER, BULK MINEABLE ENVELOPES. THE KEAR- SARGE ZONE IS ALSO BEING EXPLORED BY HANOVER GOLD CO. BASED ON PREVIOUS DRILLING BY KENNECOTT, HANOVER PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED A RESOURCE OF 0.4 MILLION OZ ON THEIR PART OF THE KEARSARGE ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 24-FEB-98 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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