Alder Gulch Project

The Alder Gulch Project is a gold mine located in Madison county, Montana.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Alder Gulch Project
Secondary: Kearsarge Mine
Secondary: Apex Mine
Secondary: Kearsarge-Apex Shear Zone

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Virginia City District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Royalstar Resources Ltd.
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1997

Owner Name: Hanover Gold Co., Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1995

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (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.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 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

References

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD. V106/N13."KENNECOT WITHDDRAWS FROM ALDER

Reference (Deposit): HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. 3/19/96. 2P.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.3-11.

Reference (Ownership): PLETES MERGER WITH TWO GOLD COMPANIES. 10/15/96. 1P.

Reference (Ownership): HANOVER FIST CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. "HANOVER GOLD COM-

Reference (Ownership): HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. 8/5/96. 1P.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P.463.

Reference (Deposit): HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE NO. 9610, 11/18/96.

Reference (Deposit): ROYALSTAR RESOURCES LTD. PRESS RELEASE, 1-20-97.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, $49, DEC, 4, 1996, P17.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #43, OCT., 23, 1996, P5.

Reference (Deposit): TAKES DRILLING PROGRAM". 9/3/96. 1P.

Reference (Deposit): 4/4/96. 1P.

Reference (Deposit): HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. " HANOVER GOLD UNDER-

Reference (Deposit): TABOR CLAIMS: REDUCES RENTAL AND ROYALTY OBLIGATIONS".

Reference (Deposit): HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., NEWS RELEASE. "HANOVER GOLD ACQUIRES

Reference (Deposit): GULCH JOINT VENTURE". 3/29/95. P1.

Reference (Deposit): HANOVER GOLD CO., INC., 1995 10-K, P.9,10

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.