The Virginia Lode is a mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.37639, -111.70472
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Virginia Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia Lode
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Winston (Beaver Creek)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dance, Al
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism Of Limestone
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OLDER FOLDED LIMESTONE IS OVERLAIN BY ANDESITE PORPHORY. SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANICS SHOW SIGNS OF HIGH GRADE CONTACT METAMORPHISM FROM IGNEOUS INTRUSIVE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND TUNNELS ALL CAVED IN
References
Reference (Deposit): 1950 DIREXPL USFS
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.
