The Alice Mine is a silver, gold, zinc, and lead mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 46.03333, -112.53611
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Alice Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alice Mine
Secondary: Alice Pit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: The Anaconda Co.
Home Office: Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1960
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Helvite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE RAINBOW LODE HAS BEEN A GREAT ORE PRODUCER. IT CONSISTS GENERALLY OF TWO DISTINCT FISSURES, N AND S VEIN. THESE VEINS ARE SEPARATED BY VARYING WIDTHS OF GRANITE, IMPREGNATED IN MANY PLACES WITH VEIN MATERIALS AND CUT BY SMALL VEINS TO SUCH AN EXTENT AS TO CONSITUTE ONE GREAT ORE BODY. THE LARGEST AND RICHEST ORE BODY WERE FOUND IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE. IN GENERAL A DECREASE IN AG IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN ZN. THE OXIDIZED ZONE GOES DOWN 100 FT, ON 200 FT LEVEL A MIXTURE OF OXIDES AND SULPHIDES. THE ORE BELOW CONSISTS OF PYRITE, QUARTZ, GALENA, SPHALERITE, ARGENTITE, RHODONITE, AND RHODOCHROSITE.
Comment (Workings): ALICE-LEXINGTON TUNNEL WAS COMPLETED IN 1952, PROVIDING LARGE CAPACITY HAULAGE FACILITIES FOR HANDLING THE OUTPUT OF ZINC-ORE MINING OPERATIONS. BY 1958 IT WAS OPERATED AS A PIT OPERATION
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 74, P. 244, PL. X.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 690, P. 111-30.
Reference (Deposit): USBM R1 7148, P. 145-48.
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1925, 1939, 1952, 1958
Reference (Deposit): WAYLAND, UNPUB. USGS REPT., P. 47-49
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 14, P. 38.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
