Black Rock Mine

Black Rock Mine is a quarry in , and has an elevation of 6,864 feet.
  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in Madison County, Montana, United States of America; geonames ID = 5640761
  • Address: MT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nevada City and Virginia City Historic District.

is an unincorporated community in , , United States. In the 1860s, it was one of two centers of commerce in what was known as one of the richest gold strikes in the Rocky Mountain West, along with its sister city .

Protected area
Photo: Parodygm, Public domain.
The is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing , , United States. Designated in 1966, the district includes over two hundred nineteenth-century buildings, representing the site of a major gold strike and the capital of Montana for ten years. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Black Rock Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Virginia City.

Photo: SchmuckyTheCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small town in . When gold was discovered nearby in Alder Creek, it became a "Wild West" boomtown in the ensuing gold rush.

Black Rock Mine

Latitude
45.27243° or 45° 16′ 21″ north
Longitude
-111.95692° or 111° 57′ 25″ west
Elevation
6,864 feet (2,092 metres)
Open location code
85QC72CV+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369140716
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5640761
Wiki­data ID
Q49400533
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In Other Languages

“Black Rock Mine” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Black Rock Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Montana, Madison County, lat 45,27, long -111,96)”
  • Cebuano: “Black Rock Mine”

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