The Prospect Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.28944, -111.96333
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Prospect Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospect Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Virginia City (Alder Gulch)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Virginia City Gold Mining, Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Copper
Gangue: Covellite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: N. END OF PROSPECT-EXCELSIOR VEIN; SULFIDES.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON WEST SLOPE OF INTERMITTANT TRIBUTARY OF ALDER GULCH.
Comment (Workings): 1350 FT ADIT, 150 FT SHAFT BELOW MAIN LEVEL
References
Reference (Deposit): TANSLET, HART, 1933, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, MBMG. MEM. 9, P. 49.
Reference (Deposit): LORAIN, S., 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT, USBM. I.C. 6972, P. 49.
Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL, MEM. 15, 1935, P 54.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-24-1963
Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG. MEM 9
Reference (Deposit): 1937 COMPILE USBM IC 6972
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.
