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Gneiss from
Prospect Mine, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Gneiss
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gneiss data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prospect Mine, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1059174
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1059174:1
GUID (UUID V4):b4c94110-3667-4cda-bba0-bd9e31f4fe8e
Nearest other occurrences of Gneiss
1.0km (0.6 miles) Alameda Mine-Wakoosta Mine, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims (St. Lawrence and Monte Cristo), Browns Gulch, Madison County, Montana, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Cabin and Cornucopia Lode Occurrence, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) U. S. Grant Mine, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Homestake and Blackrock Mine (Blackrock and Homestake Mine), Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Forks Mine, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Mapleton Mine, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Mountain Flower Mine, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Silver Bell, Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) Winnetka Mine (Winnetaka Mine), Alder Gulch Mining District (Virginia City Mining District; Fairweather Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
(including the Virginia City mining district), Madison and Beaverhead Counties, southwest Montana: Mineral-resource...Muddy mining district Blacktail mining district Cherry Creek mining district Chinatown mining district...Prairie mining district Medicine Lodge mining district Monida mining district Pony mining district Red Bluff...Bluff mining district Revenue mining district Ruby Mountains mining district Sheridan mining district...district Silver Star mining district Virginia City mining district Mapleton mine Browns Gulch area Alameda-Cornucopia-U
Report (issue)
RESTON, Virginia--503 National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. • SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal...SHAWE Gold Deposits in the Virginia City-Alder Gulch District, Montana By DANIEL R. SHAWE and KENNETH...Shawe — Gold deposits in the Virginia City-Alder Gulch District, Montana / by Daniel R. Shawe and Kenneth... of Docs. no.: I 19.3:1857-G 1. Gold mines and mining—United States. 2. Placer deposits—United States...Chance district, MontanaG G9 Virginia CityAlder Gulch district, MontanaG G9 Boise Basin district, IdahoG
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montana’s mining origins. Montana’s production...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure...2. Granville Stuart established Montana’s first mining camp at Gold Creek in 1860. Geologic Provinces
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR BuiiIiETIN 574 MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS BY ALEXANDER................................................. Mining districts...................................................................................... Mining development. ...................... .. - - ' -..................................... 18 Placer mining....... ~................................................................ 20 Present status of mining .....:........................................
Report (issue)
Resource Area in Beaverhead and Madison Counties, southwestern Montana. These agencies use mineral resource...part of Beaverhead County, Montana, and the western part of Madison County, Montana. The study area (see...Bridges to Ennis; (3) The eastern boundary is the Madison River from Ennis to Raynolds Pass and State Highway...Pass south to the Montana-Idaho border; and (4) The southern boundary is the Montana-Idaho border (the...rocks in Montana, most notably from mines developed in the Stillwater Complex near Nye, Montana, in the
Book
OF MADISON COUNTY/MONTANA. GEORGE F. COPE, COMPILER. VIRGINIA CITY, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. September...OF MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA, GEORGE F. COPE, COMPILER. VIRGINIA CITY, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. September... MINES, FARMS AND RANGES OF 1 v^*^ MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. Messrs. Elling, Harrington, Hickman,... Raymond and Farrell, constituting the Madison County Railroad Committee, Gentlemen: As instructed by...resources of Madison county, including the mines, farms and ranges, and the probable tonnage the county would
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (issue)
Assessment of the Dillon 1 ox 2° Quadrangle, Idaho and Montana AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL...3, Rm. 3128,345 Middlefield Rd. · • RESTON, Virginia-National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley...Superintendent of Documents.) Maps • SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St...of the Dillon 1 o x 2° Quadrangle, Idaho and Montana By ROBERT C. PEARSON, CHARLES M. TRAUTWEIN, EDWARD...assessment of the Dillon 1Montana I by Robert C. Pearson ... [et al.]. p. em.- (U
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...Indianapolis. Iowa.............. Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof. Erasmus Haworth, University............Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ......................................... 139 144 146 153 158 163 169 . 172 174 Montana............................................................................................... Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to
Report (issue)
Mica and Beryl Pegmatites in Idaho and Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 229 Mica and...and Beryl Pegmatites in Idaho and Montana By W. C. STOLL GEOLOGICAL .A descrz"ption SURVEY of mines... PAPER 229 and prospects examz"ned in each district, some z"llustrated by maps .and structure sections..._________________________________ _ History of mining __________________________________ _ Geologic features...Mineralogy of mica and beryL ______________________ .:. Mining, preparation, and uses of mica and beryL _____
Journal (issue)
gold- Happy Day Placer, Divide, Melrose Mining District, Montana. (See Ro»ANCE OF Roci,;s A:SD l\irNEllALS...MINERALS did a great deal in convincing me that mining is a fine profession and that the study of minerals...usually run in irregular direction through the gneiss or other rocks, frequently at right angles to the...true peg• ma,tite vein should not be mistaken in a gneiss formation to the quartz veins which sometimes occur...running parallel to the layer-structure of the gneiss. Such quartz veins are almost universally barren
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
Book
5.95 and quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by...stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K
Report (volume)
........................ 5 5 Distribution of mining districts..................................................................................... Montana.......................................................................... PART II. Catalogue of mining districts, by J. M. Hill..................................................... Classification of mining districts..................................................................................... Montana...............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montana, Treasure State for the Crystal Mineral Collector By GERALD J. NAVRATIL Bex 70, RFD 7, Middleburg...crystal mineral localities within the state of Montana. Quite accurately the state has been officially...mineralminded public. The well-publicized Butte copper district has been ignored since the writer feels certain...known. Amcnnpijiite: In the Emery Mining district (Powell County) the mineral is found in wellformed...Crevasse Mountain Mining district near Jardine (Park County). At the Kennebec mine in the Crevasse Mountain
Book (volume)
..........................................258 Montana ...........................................................................................499 Virginia .....................................................................................525 West Virginia ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...............................
Report (issue)
SOME MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. By J. T. PARDEB. INTRODUCTION. The deposits described...described in this paper lie along the west side of Madison Valley near Cherry and Wigwam creeks and in the...ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1918, PART I. In the Renova district a bed of iron ore that as~a rule is steeply inclined...siliceous manganese ores found at many places in Montana, particularly at Butte, where the ores contain...in certain beds, it is believed worth while to prospect the same beds elsewhere in this general region
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Report (issue)
1 55 STUDY AREA 40 Map No. Mine name Location Operator Mining method; Production; Published reserves...with significant talc production Open pit; current mine opened in 1997; production & reserve estimates not...Inc. Active talc mine (Number refers to list at right) Inactive talc mine, prospect, or occurrence (Number...References 5 Treasure Chest mine NW¼ sec. 14, T.7S., R.6W. Inactive open pit mine Although recently mined... p. 34) 6 Sauerbier mine NW¼ NW¼ sec. 25, T.8S., R.7W. Inactive mine Mine established in 1973 Okuma
Report (issue)
decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...Swager, W. L. , and Sullivan, J. D. , 1951, Sulphur: Mining Engineering, vol. 3. , pp. 403409. The history
Report (volume)
Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho Southwestern Montana GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 988-H Uranium...Thorium Deposits in East-Central Idaho Southwestern Montana By ALBERT F. TRITES, JR., and EDWIN W. TOOKER ...______ Mine descriptions.._________________________________________ North Fork-Shoup district, Idaho___-__...claim_________________________________________ Blackbird district, Idaho_._______________________________ Calera...Cobalt triangulation station._____________ Sunshine prospect.________________________________________ Katherine
Report (issue)
Porphyry and Other Molybdenum Deposits of Idaho and Montana Joseph E. Worthington Idaho Geological Survey...Mountain Prospect—45 ...................................................... 3 Rocky Bar District—43 ................................... 3 Devil’s Creek Prospect—46 ................................................................................ 6 Emigrant Gulch—7 ..................................................................................... 8 Miners Gulch—10 ............................................
Report (issue)
published information, field investigations, and mining company data. 2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT...resources Mining districts Gibbonsville Mining District Indian Creek Mining District Mineral Hill Mining District...Mackinaw Mining District Blackbird Mining District Wilson Creek Mining District Yellowjacket Mining District...Range Mining District Eureka Mining District Carmen Creek Mining District Eldorado Mining District Pratt...Creek Mining District McDevitt Mining District Junction Mining District Texas Mining District Spring
 
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