The Virginia Gulch Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.31306, -112.92361
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Virginia Gulch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia Gulch Mine
Secondary: Stinson
Secondary: Stimson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Langstaff, Kenneth
Home Office: Dillon, Mt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINE SITUATED ON ZONE NORTHEAST TRENDING AND EASTWARD OVERTHRUSTING, AMSDEN FM. OVERRIDES JEFFERSON FM. - MINE WORKINGS REPORTED FEW FT. BELOW PROJECTED THRUST PLANE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION REPORTED BY R.D. GEACH, 1972, M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, IN 1961, 1963, FIGURES CONFIDENTIAL
Comment (Workings): LAWSON (1973) LISTS PROPERTY STATUS AS DEVELOPING
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 92.
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G., GEACH, R.D., BULL. 8
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.
