Alder Gulch Project

Plant in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.95306, 45.2282 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.95306, 45.2282

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach

Mining district

District name Virginia City District

Ownership information

  • 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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Total resources 5443108mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.43 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON THE KEARSARGE-APEX SHEAR ZONE IS FOR AN OPEN PIT TO EXPLOIT AN ESTIMATED 600,000 OZ GRADING 0.10 PER ST ORE. TOTAL ESTIMATED RESOURCE IN THE ALDER GULCH AREA IS 1.6 MILLION OZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., 1995 10-K, P.9,10

  • Deposit

    HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE NO. 9610, 11/18/96.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P.463.

  • Ownership

    HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. 8/5/96. 1P.

  • Ownership

    HANOVER FIST CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. "HANOVER GOLD COM-

  • Ownership

    PLETES MERGER WITH TWO GOLD COMPANIES. 10/15/96. 1P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.3-11.

  • Deposit

    HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. 3/19/96. 2P.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD. V106/N13."KENNECOT WITHDDRAWS FROM ALDER

  • Deposit

    GULCH JOINT VENTURE". 3/29/95. P1.

  • Deposit

    HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. "HANOVER GOLD ACQUIRES

  • Deposit

    TABOR CLAIMS: REDUCES RENTAL AND ROYALTY OBLIGATIONS".

  • Deposit

    4/4/96. 1P.

  • Deposit

    HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. " HANOVER GOLD UNDER-

  • Deposit

    TAKES DRILLING PROGRAM". 9/3/96. 1P.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #43, OCT., 23, 1996, P5.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, $49, DEC, 4, 1996, P17.

  • Deposit

    ROYALSTAR RESOURCES LTD. PRESS RELEASE, 1-20-97.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-FEB-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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